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UNIVERSITY 

CAUPOftNIA 
SAN  DIEGO 


REGISTER 

of 

OFFICERS   AND  MEMBERS 

of  the 

Oociety   of  Cxolonial  Wars 


in  the 


State  of  New  Hampshire. 


Incorporated  September  28,  1894. 

Chartered  November  12,  1894. 


CONSTITUTION   AND   BY-LAWS,    ADDRESS, 
OFFICERS,  LIST  OF  MEMBERS,  ETC. 


PUBLISHED   BY   THE   SOCIETY. 
1897-98. 


JOSEPH  FOSTER, 
WILLIAM  DAVIS  SAWYER, 
JOHN  SHELDON  TREAT, 

Publication  Fund  Committee. 


Edited  by 
CHARLES  LATHROP  PARSONS, 

Secretary. 


ARTICLES   OF  INCORPORATION. 


The  undersigned,  being  persons  of  lawful  age,  associate  under  the  provi 
sions  of  chapter  147  of  the  Public  Statutes  of  New  Hampshire  by  the 
following 

ARTICLES   OF  AGREEMENT. 

ARTICLE  I.  The  name  of  this  corporation  shall  be  the  Society  of  Colo 
nial  Wars  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire. 

ARTICLE  II.  The  objects  for  which  this  corporation  is  established  are  to 
perpetuate  the  names,  memory,  or  deeds  of  those  brave  and  courageous  men 
who,  in  military,  naval  or  civil  service,  by  their  acts  or  counsel  assisted  in  the 
establishment  and  continuance  of  the  American  Colonies  from  the  settle 
ment  of  Jamestown,  Virginia,  May  I3th,  1607,  to  the  Battles  of  Lexington 
and  Concord,  April  ipth,  1775;  to  collect  and  secure  for  preservation  the 
manuscripts,  rolls,  records,  and  other  documents  relating  to  that  period  of 
colonial  history;  to  inspire  among  the  members  and  their  descendants  the 
fraternal  and  patriotic  spirit  of  their  forefathers,  and  to  inculcate  in  the  com 
munity  respect  and  reverence  for  the  acts  and  principles  of  those  indomitable 
men  which  made  the  freedom  and  unity  of  our  country  a  possibility. 

ARTICLE  III.     The  place  in  which  the  business  of  this  corporation  is  to  be 
carried  on  is  the  City  of  Concord  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire. 
ARTICLE  IV.    No  capital  stock. 

ARTICLE  V.  The  first  meeting  of  the  corporation  was  held  in  the  City  of 
Concord,  State  of  New  Hampshire,  on  Thursday,  September  27th  A.  D. 
1894. 

HENRY  OAKES  KENT,  GEORGE  HERBERT  GROSS, 

CHARLES  LANGDON  TAPPAN,      HOSEA  EMERY  BOWEN, 
FREDERICK  BACON  PHILBROOK,  FREDERICK  WALTER  CLAPP, 
FRANKLIN  SENTER  FRISBEE,       GEORGE  HENRY  BOWEN, 
WILLIAM  LITHGOW  WILLEY,     FREDERICK  LINCOLN  BANGS, 
GEORGE  ALBERT  SENTER,  CHARLES  MCCLARY  BANGS, 

HENRY  STEADMAN  JACKSON,      CHARLES  CALHOUN  PHILBROOK. 


STATE   OF   NEW    HAMPSHIRE. 

OFFICE  OF  SECRETARY  OF  STATE, 

CONCORD,  September  28,  1894. 

Received   and  recorded   in   records   of    Voluntary  Corporations,   vol.  8, 
pages  111-12-13. 

EZRA  S.  STEARNS, 

Secretary  of  State. 


Officers  and  Committees, 
1897-1898. 


Elected  at  the  Fourth  General  Court,  held  June  15,  1897,  at  the 
Rockingham  Colonial  Hall,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Governor, 

HENRY   OAKES    KENT, 
Lancaster. 

Deputy-Governor, 
JOHN    CALVIN    THORNE. 

Lieutenant-  Governor, 
JAMES    FORNEY. 

Secretary, 

CHARLES    LATHROP    PARSONS, 
Durham. 

Treasurer, 

GRANVIL'LE    PRIEST   CONN, 
Concord. 

Registrar, 

EZRA   SCOLLAY   STEARNS, 
Rindge. 


SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL    WARS. 

Chaplain, 
CHARLES    LANGDON    TAPPAN. 

Chancellor, 
JARED    IRVING    WILLIAMS. 

Gentlemen  of  the  Council, 

EZRA   SCOLLAY    STEARNS, 
EDSON    COFFIN    EASTMAN, 
WILLIAM    DAVIS    SAWYER, 
JOHN    SHELDON    TREAT, 
HENRY   ARTHUR    CUTTER. 

Committee  on  Membership, 

CHARLES    LANGDON    TAPPAN, 

JAMES    MILNOR    COIT, 
GEORGE    FREDERIC    EVANS, 

GEORGE    OSCAR    BALL, 
MORTON    FREEMAN    PLANT. 

Delegates  to  General  Assembly, 

WILLIAM    DAVIS    SAWYER, 
CHARLES    EASTMAN    STANIELS, 

JAMES    FORNEY, 

WILLIAM    LITHGOW   WILLEY, 

FREDERIC    BACON    PHILBROOK. 

Deputy-Governor-General, 
HENRY    OAKES    KENT. 


Preamble  to  the   Constitution. 


WHEREAS,  It  is  desirable  that  there  should  be  ade 
quate  celebrations  commemorative  of  the  events  of  Colo 
nial  history  happening  from  the  settlement  of  Jamestown, 
Va.,  May  13,  1607,  to  the  Battle  of  Lexington,  April 

*9>  J775: 

THEREFORE,  The  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  has  been 

instituted  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  those  events,  and 
of  the  men  who,  in  military,  naval,  and  civil  positions  of 
high  trust  and  responsibility,  by  their  acts  or  counsel, 
assisted  in  the  establishment,  defense,  and  preservation 
of  the  American  Colonies,  and  were  in  truth  the  found 
ers  of  this  nation.  With  this  end  in  view,  it  seeks  to 
collect  and  preserve  manuscripts,  rolls,  relics,  and 
records ;  to  provide  suitable  commemorations  or  memo 
rials  relating  to  the  American  colonial  period,  and  to 
inspire  in  its  members  the  fraternal  and  patriotic  spirit  of 
their  forefathers,  and  in  the  community,  respect  and 
reverence  for  those  whose  public  services  made  our 
freedom  and  unity  possible. 


The  Constitution  of  the  General  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars  has  been  adopted  by  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars 
in  the  state  of  New  Hampshire  except  where  modified  by 
the  By-Laws  of  the  State  Society. 


By-Laws. 

SECTION   I. 
Name. 

The  Society  shall  be  known  by  the  name,  style,  and 
title  of  "SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS  IN  THE  STATE 
OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE." 

SECTION   II. 

Officers. 

The  officers  of  the  Society  shall  be  a  Governor,  a 
Deputy-Governor,  a  Lieutenant-Governor,  a  Secretary, 
a  Treasurer,  a  Registrar,  an  Historian,  a  Genealogist,  a 
Chaplain,  and  a  Chancellor ;  these  shall  be  ex-officio 
members  and  constitute  the  Council,  with  five  other 
members  elected  for  that  purpose  and  chosen  annually. 

The  Deputy-Governor-General,  the  Society's  repre 
sentative  in  the  General  Society,  shall  also  be  ex-ojficio 
a  member  of  the  Council. 

SECTION  III. 
Fees  and  Dues. 

The  initiation  fee  shall  be  five  (5)  dollars  ;  the  annual 
dues  shall  be  two  (2)  dollars,  payable  the  first  day  of 
January  of  each  year.  The  payment  at  one  time  of  fifty 
(50)  dollars  shall  constitute  a  life  membership,  and 


BY- LA  WS. 

exempt  the  member  so  paying  from  initiation  fee  and 
annual  dues. 

Any  member,  at  his  election  to  membership  or  subse 
quently,  who  may  contribute  one  hundred  (100)  dollars 
to  the  "  permanent  fund"  of  the  Society  shall  be  exempt 
from  payment  of  annual  dues,  and  this  exemption  shall 
extend  in  perpetuity  to  his  lineal  successors  in  member 
ship  from  the  same  propositus,  one  at  a  time,  who  may 
be  selected  for  such  exemption  by  the  Society,  said  per 
petual  membership  to  be  transmitted  by  the  holder,  sub 
ject  to  the  approval  of  the  Society. 

The  non-payment  of  an  initiation  fee  within  six  months 
of  the  election  of  a  candidate  shall  make  such  election 
null  and  void. 

Any  fees  of  the  General  Society  of  a  special  nature, 
such  as  fees  for  filing  applications,  shall  be  borne  by  the 
individual  members  to  whom  they  may  apply,  and  not 
by  the  Society. 

Any  member  who  shall  be  in  arrears  one  year  in  pay 
ment  of  annual  dues  shall  be  liable  to  suspension  or 
expulsion,  and  his  name  and  ancestry  shall  be  omitted 
by  the  Secretary  from  the  Year  Book  of  the  Society. 

SECTION   IV. 
Governor. 

The  Governor,  or  in  his  absence  the  Deputy-Governor, 
or  Lieutenant-Governor,  or  Chairman  -pro  tempore,  shall 
preside  at  all  Courts  of  the  Society,  and  shall  exercise 
the  duties  of  a  presiding  officer  under  parliamentary 
rules,  subject  to  an  appeal  to  the  Society.  The  Gover 
nor  shall  be  a  member  ex-ojficio  of  all  standing  com 
mittees.  He  shall  have  power  to  convene  the  Council 

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at  his  discretion,  or  upon  the  written  request  of  two 
members  of  the  Council,  or  upon  the  like  request  of  rive 
members  of  the  Society. 

SECTION   V. 
Secretary. 

The  Secretary  shall  conduct  the  general  correspond 
ence  of  the  Society,  and  keep  a  record  thereof.  He 
shall  notify  all  elected  candidates  of  their  admission,  and 
perform  such  other  duties  as  the  Society  or  his  office 
may  require.  He  shall  have  charge  of  the  seal,  certifi 
cates  of  incorporation,  by-laws,  historical,  and  other 
documents  and  records  of  the  Society  other  than  those 
required  to  be  deposited  with  the  Registrar,  and  shall 
affix  the  seal  to  all  properly  authenticated  certificates  of 
membership,  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  members  to 
whom  they  may  be  issued.  He  shall  notify  the  Regis 
trar  of  all  admissions  to  membership.  He  shall  certify 
all  acts  of  the  Society,  and  when  required  authenticate 
them  under  seal.  He  shall  have  charge  of  printing  and 
publications  issued  by  the  Society.  He  shall  give  due 
notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  the  holding  of  all  Courts 
of  the  Society  and  of  the  Council.  He  shall  keep  fair 
and  accurate  records  of  all  the  proceedings  and  orders 
of  the  Society  and  of  the  Council,  and  shall  give  notice 
to  each  officer  who  may  be  affected  by  them  of  all  votes, 
resolutions,  and  proceedings  of  the  Society,  or  of  the 
Council,  and  at  the  General  Court,  or  oftener,  shall 
report  the  names  of  those  candidates  who  have  been 
admitted  to  membership,  and  those  whose  resignations 
have  been  accepted,  and  of  those  members  whose  mem 
bership  has  ceased  for  other  causes.  In  his  absence 


BY- LA  WS. 

from  any  meeting  a  Secretary  -pro  tempore  may  be  des 
ignated  therefor. 

SECTION   VI. 
Treasurer. 

The  Treasurer  shall  collect  and  keep  the  funds  and 
securities  of  the  Society.  Out  of  these  funds  he  shall 
pay  only  such  sums  as  may  be  ordered  by  the  Society 
or  Council,  or  his  office  or  that  of  the  Secretary  may 
require.  He  shall  keep  a  true  account  of  his  receipts  and 
payments,  and  at  each  annual  meeting  render  the  same 
to  the  Society.  For  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duty 
he  may  be  required  to  give  such  security  as  the  Society 
may  deem  proper. 

SECTION   VII. 
Registrar. 

The  Registrar  shall  receive  from  the  Secretary  and 
file  all  the  proofs  upon  which  membership  has  been 
granted,  with  a  list  of  all  diplomas  countersigned  by 
him,  and  all  documents  which  the  Society  may  obtain ; 
and  he,  under  the  direction  of  the  Council,  shall  make 
copies  of  such  papers  as  the  owners  may  not  be  willing 
to  leave  in  the  keeping  of  the  Society. 

SECTION  VIII. 
Historian. 

The  Historian  shall  keep  a  detailed  record  of  all  his 
torical  and  commemorative  celebrations  of  the  Society, 
and  shall  edit  and  prepare  for  publication  such  historical 
addresses,  papers,  and  other  documents  as  the  Society 


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may  see  fit  to  publish ;  also  a  necrological  list  for  each 
year,  with  biographies  of  deceased  members. 

SECTION   IX. 
Genealogist. 

The  Genealogist  shall  investigate  all  applications  for 
membership  and  shall  pass  upon  all  claims  for  supple- 
mentals.  His  approval  on  all  applications  shall  be  re 
quired  before  they  are  filed  with  the  Registrar  of  the 
State  or  General  Society.  An  appeal  from  his  decision 
may  be  taken  to  the  Committee  on  Membership  and  at 
their  discretion  to  the  Society.  He  shall  be  exempt 
from  annual  assessment  and  may  receive  such  compen 
sation  as  the  Council  shall  decide. 

SECTION   X. 
Chancellor. 

The  Chancellor  shall  be  a  lawyer  duly  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  give  legal  opinion  on 
matters  affecting  the  Society  when  called  upon  by  any 
officer. 

SECTION   XL 

Chaplain. 

The  Chaplain  shall  be  an  ordained  minister  of  a 
Christian  church,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty  to  officiate 
when  called  upon  by  the  proper  officers. 

SECTION   XII. 
Council. 

The  Council  shall  have  power  to  call  special  Courts 
of  the  Society  and  arrange  for  celebrations  by  the 


BY- LA  WS. 

Society.  They  shall  have  control  and  management  of 
the  affairs  and  funds  of  the  Society.  They  shall  per 
form  such  duties  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  Constitu 
tion  and  By-Laws,  but  they  shall  at  no  time  be  required 
to  take  any  action  or  contract  any  debt  for  which  they 
shall  be  liable.  They  may  accept  the  resignation  of  any 
member  of  the  Society.  They  may  meet  as  often  as 
required  or  at  the  call  of  the  Governor.  Five  members 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business ; 
at  the  General  Court  they  shall  submit  to  the  Society  a 
report  of  their  proceedings  during  the  past  year.  The 
Council  shall  have  the  power  to  drop  from  the  roll  the 
name  of  any  member  of  the  Society  who  shall  be  in 
arrears  at  least  one  year  in  payment  of  annual  dues,  and 
shall  fail  on  proper  notice  to  pay  the  same  within  sixty 
days,  and  on  being  dropped  his  membership  shall  cease ; 
but  he  may  be  restored  to  membership  at  any  time  by 
the  Council  upon  his  written  application  and  the  pay 
ment  of  all  such  arrears  from  the  date  when  he  was 
dropped  to  the  date  of  his  restoration.  The  Council 
may  suspend  any  officer  for  cause,  which  must  be  re 
ported  to  the  Society,  and  action  taken  on  the  same 
within  thirty  days.  A  careful  record  of  all  proceedings 
shall  be  kept  and  these  records  shall  be  the  property  of 
the  Society. 

SECTION   XIII. 
Vacancies  and  Terms  of  Office. 

Whenever  an  officer  of  this  Society  shall  die,  resign, 
or  neglect  to  serve,  or  be  suspended,  or  be  unable  to 
perform  his  duties  by  reason  of  absence,  sickness,  or 
other  cause,  and  whenever  an  office  shall  be  vacant 
which  the  Society  shall  not  have  filled  by  an  election, 

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the  Council  shall  have  power  to  appoint  a  member  to 
such  office  pro  tempore,  who  shall  act  in  such  capacity 
until  the  Society  shall  elect  a  member  to  the  vacant 
office,  or  until  the  inability  due  to  said  cause  shall  cease ; 
provided,  however,  that  the  office  of  Governor  shall  not 
be  filled  by  the  Council  when  there  shall  be  a  Deputy  or 
Lieutenant-Governor  to  enter  on  the  duties. 

The  Council  may  supply  vacancies  among  its  mem 
bers  under  the  same  conditions,  and  should  any  mem 
ber,  other  than  an  officer,  be  absent  from  three  consecu 
tive  Councils  of  the  same,  his  place  may  be  declared 
vacant  by  the  Council  and  filled  by  appointment  until  a 
successor  is  elected. 

Subject  to  these  provisions,  all  officers  and  gentlemen 
of  the  Council  shall,  from  the  time  of  election,  continue 
in  their  respective  offices  until  the  next  General  Court, 
or  until  their  successors  are  chosen. 

SECTION   XIV. 
Resignation. 

No  resignation  of  any  member  shall  become  effective 
unless  consented  to  by  the  Council  or  by  vote  of  the 
Society. 

SECTION    XV. 

Disqualifications . 

No  person  who  may  be  enrolled  as  a  member  of  this 
Society  shall  be  permitted  to  continue  in  membership 
when  his  proofs  of  descent  or  eligibility  shall  be  found 
to  be  defective.  The  Council,  after  thirty  days'  notice 
to  such  person  to  substantiate  his  claim,  and  upon  his 
failure  satisfactorily  to  do  so,  may  require  the  Secretary 

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to  erase  his  name  from  the  membership  list.  The  said 
person  shall  have  a  right  to  appeal  to  the  Society  at  its 
next  Court,  or  at  the  General  Court.  If  the  said  appeal 
be  sustained  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  pres 
ent  at  such  Court,  the  said  person's  name  shall  be 
restored  to  said  membership  list. 

SECTION   XVI. 

Membership. 

Any  male  person  above  the  age  of  twenty-one  years, 
of  good  moral  character  and  reputation,  shall  be  eligible 
to  membership  in  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars  who  is 
lineally  descended  in  the  male  or  female  line  from  an 
ancestor : 

(i).  Who  served  as  a  military  or  naval  officer,  or  as  a 
soldier,  sailor,  or  marine,  or  as  a  privateersman,  under 
authority  of  the  Colonies,  which  afterwards  formed  the 
United  States,  or  in  the  forces  of  Great  Britian  which 
participated  with  those  of  the  said  Colonies  in  any  wars 
in  which  the  said  Colonies  were  engaged,  or  in  which 
they  enrolled  men,  from  the  settlement  of  Jamestown, 
May  13,  1607,  to  the  Battle  of  Lexington,  April  19, 
1775  ;  or 

(2).  Who  held  office  in  any  of  the  Colonies  between 
the  dates  above  mentioned,  either  as 

(a).  Director-General,Vice Director-General,  or  mem 
ber  of  the  Council  or  legislative  body  in  the  Colony  of 
New  Netherlands ; 

(b).  Governor,  Lieutenant  or  Deputy-Governor,  Lord 
Proprietor,  member  of  the  King's  or  Governor's  Council 
or  legislative  body  in  the  Colonies  of  New  York,  New 
Jersey,  Virginia,  Pennsylvania,  and  Delaware ; 


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(c).  Lord  Proprietor,  Governor,  Deputy-Governor,  or 
member  of  the  Council  or  of  the  legislative  body  in 
Maryland  and  the  Carolinas  ; 

(d).  Governor,  Deputy-Governor,  Governor's  Assis 
tant,  or  Commissioner  to  the  United  Colonies  of  New 
England,  or  member  of  the  Council,  body  of  Assistants 
or  legislative  body  in  any  of  the  New  England  Colonies  ; 
provided  that  descent  from  Deputies  to  the  General 
Assembly  who  performed  no  military  service,  shall  not 
be  available  for  entrance  into  this  Society,  but  may  be 
used  for  supplementary  proof  of  honorable  descent. 

Applicants  for  membership  must  first  make  out  a  pre 
liminary  application  endorsed  by  two  members  of  the 
Society. 

No  application  for  membership  will  be  accepted  based 
only  on  traditional  statements,  nor  unless  such  applica 
tion  be  accompanied  by  a  paged  reference  to  public 
records  or  recognized  authority,  authenticating  such  ser 
vice  or  rank,  or  when  proof  depends  upon  private  docu 
ments,  by  copies  duly  authenticated  of  such  documents. 

The  admission  fee  of  five  dollars,  and  the  annual  dues 
of  two  dollars  must  accompany  the  preliminary  appli 
cation. 

SECTION   XVII. 

Committee  on  Membership. 

The  Committee  on  Membership  shall  consist  of  five 
members.  They  shall  be  chosen  by  ballot  at  the  Gen 
eral  Court  of  the  Society,  and  shall  be  elected  for  the 
period  of  one  year.  They  shall  pass  upon  the  prelimi 
nary  application  of  all  applicants  for  membership.  Three 
members  shall  constitute  a  quorum,  and  a  negative  vote 
of  two  members  shall  cause  an  adverse  report  to  the 

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Council  or  the  Society  on  the  candidate's  application. 
The  proceeding  of  the  Committee  shall  be  secret  and 
confidential ;  and  a  candidate  who  has  been  rejected  by 
the  Council  or  the  Society  shall  be  ineligible  for  mem 
bership  for  a  space  of  one  year  from  date  of  rejection, 
except  upon  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  Committee. 

The  Committee  shall  have  power  to  make  By-Laws  for 
its  government,  and  for  other  purposes  not  inconsistent 
with  the  Constitution  or  By-Laws  of  the  Society. 

The  Society  may  at  any  regularly  called  meeting 
resolve  itself  into  a  committee  of  the  whole  and  act  as  a 
committee  on  membership. 

SECTION   XVIII. 
Expulsion  or  Suspension. 

Any  member  for  cause  or  conduct  detrimental  or 
antagonistic  to  the  interest  or  purpose  of  the  Society, 
may  be  suspended  or  expelled  from  the  Society.  But 
no  member  shall  be  expelled  or  suspended  unless  writ 
ten  charges  be  presented  against  such  member  to  the 
Council. 

The  Council  shall  give  reasonable  notice  of  such 
charges,  and  afford  such  member  reasonable  oppor 
tunity  to  be  heard  and  refute  the  same.  The  Council, 
after  hearing  such  charges,  may  recommend  to  the 
Society  the  expulsion  or  suspension  of  such  member, 
and  if  the  recommendation  of  the  Council  be  adopted  by 
a  majority  vote  of  the  members  of  the  Society  present  at 
such  Court,  he  shall  be  so  expelled  or  suspended,  and 
the  insignia  of  said  member  shall  thereupon  be  returned 
to  the  Treasurer  of  the  Society,  and  his  rights  therein 
shall  be  extinguished  or  suspended. 

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SECTION   XIX. 
Courts. 

The  General  Court  of  the  Society  shall  be  held  on 
the  anniversary  of  the  capture  of  Louisburg,  June  17, 

1745- 

Special  Courts  may  be  called  by  the  Governor  at  such 

times  as  in  his  opinion  the  interests  of  the  Society  may 
demand,  and  must  be  called  by  the  Secretary  on  the 
written  request  of  five  members.  All  notices  of  meet 
ings  shall  be  sent  out  at  least  six  days  before  the  date  of 
the  meeting. 

At  all  meetings  five  members  shall  be  necessary  to 
constitute  a  quorum. 

At  each  Court  of  the  Society,  General  or  Special, 
immediately  after  the  presiding  officer  shall  have  taken 
the  chair,  the  minutes  of  the  previous  meeting  shall  be 
read  by  the  Secretary,  and  passed  upon  by  the  Society ; 
the  next  business  in  order  shall  be  reports  of  officers  and 
committees  ;  then  new  business. 

SECTION   XX. 
Service  of  Notice. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  every  member  to  inform  the 
Secretary  by  written  communication  of  his  place  of  resi 
dence  and  of  any  change  thereof,  and  of  his  post-office 
address.  Service  of  any  notice,  under  the  Constitution 
or  By-Laws,  on  any  member,  addressed  to  his  last  resi 
dence  or  post-office  address,  forwarded  by  mail,  shall  be 
efficient  service  of  notice. 


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SECTION   XXL 
Certificate  of  Member shi-p. 

Members  may  receive  a  certificate  of  membership, 
which  shall  be  signed  by  the  Governor,  Secretary,  and 
Registrar. 

SECTION   XXII. 
Alteration  or  Amendment. 

No  alteration  or  amendment  of  the  By-Laws  shall  be 
made  unless  notice  shall  have  been  duly  given  in  writ 
ing,  signed  by  the  member  proposing  the  same,  at  a 
Court  of  the  Society. 

The  Secretary  shall  send  a  printed  copy  of  the  pro 
posed  amendment  to  the  members  of  the  Society,  and 
state  the  Court  at  which  the  same  will  be  voted  upon. 
No  amendment  or  alteration  shall  be  made  unless 
adopted  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at 
the  Court  voting  upon  the  same. 

SECTION   XXIII. 
Election  of  Officers. 

The  officers,  members  of  the  Council,  and  Committee 
on  Membership,  shall  be  elected  at  the  General  Court  by 
ballot.  A  plurality  of  the  votes  cast  for  each  officer  shall 
determine  a  choice  thereof,  and  said  officers,  members  of 
the  Council,  and  Committee  on  Membership,  shall  hold 
office  for  the  period  of  one  year,  or  until  their  successors 
shall  be  duly  elected  and  qualified. 


SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS. 

SECTION   XXIV. 
Delegates  to  the  General  Society. 

There  shall  be  chosen  at  every  annual  meeting  five 
delegates  and  five  alternates  to  the  General  Society. 

SECTION   XXV. 
Flag. 

The  flag  shall  consist  of  the  red  cross  of  Saint  George 
bearing  in  the  centre  the  Seal  of  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire. 

SECTION  XXVI. 
Seal. 

The  Seal  shall  be :  In  the  centre  the  Seal  of  the  Prov 
ince  of  New  Hampshire  as  authorized  by  William  III. 
and  Mary  II. — The  shield  of  Great  Britain  as  it  existed 
in  1692. — Quarterly,  ist  and  4th,  France  and  England; 
2d,  or,  a  lion  ramp,  within  a  double  tressure  flory 
counter-flory,  gu.,  for  Scotland;  3d,  az.,  a  harp  or, 
stringed  ar.,  for  Ireland;  with  an  escutcheon  of  pre 
tense,  thereon  the  arms  of  Nassau,  az.  billetty,  or,  a  lion 
ramp,  gold — surrounded  by  the  Garter  and  crested  by 
the  Royal  Crowns.  Without  the  shield ;  upon  either 
side,  the  monogram  of  William  and  Mary  and  two  cap 
ital  letters,  R,  entwined ;  beneath,  the  Royal  Motto 
"  Dieu  et  mon  Droit";  the  whole  within  the  title  scroll 
"  SIG  :  PROVIN  :  N'R^E  :  NOV^E  :  HAMTON  :  IN:  Nov  : 
ANGLIA,"  and  this  again  encircled  by  a  second  title 
scroll  bearing  the  words  SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS 
IN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 


The  English  and  the  Indian  in  New 
Hampshire.* 


BY  CAPT.  GEORGE  AUGUSTUS  GORDON. 


COMRADES  OF  THE  SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS,  AND  LADIES  : 
It  is  to  me  a  matter  of  pride  in  my  native  state  that,  despite 
the  few  forays  of  the  Indian,  her  population  have  ever  dwelt 
peacefully,  and  that  the  hostile  foot  of  an  armed  foe  never 
pressed  her  soil.  Whatever  participation  the  New  Hampshire 
citizen  has  taken  in  war,  its  indulgence  has  been  beyond  her 
borders,  and  its  horrors  levied  upon  the  industries  and  produc 
tions  of  other  communities. 

I  appear  before  you,  on  this  occasion,  not  as  the  apologist  of 
the  Indian  or  the  accuser  of  the  Englishman  ;  but  to  consider, 
very  briefly,  the  conditions  in  which  they  were  placed,  and  to 
recognize  the  lesson  which  history  teaches  in  restraint  of  hasty 
condemnation.  The  native  nobility  of  Passaconaway  did  not 
assist  him  in  conforming  to  the  white  man's  mode  of  life,  or 
dispose  him  to  exchange  the  mild  religious  rites  of  his  race  for 
the  rigid  discipline  and  self-abnegation  of  the  standing  order 
of  New  England  churches.  The  humanity  and  devotion  of 
Wheelock,  as  the  almoner  of  English  charity,  did  not  avail  to 
establish  the  half-converted  Indian  in  ways  of  peaceful  industry, 
or  to  content  him  with  a  life  of  frugality.  In  the  entire  domain 
of  provincial  New  Hampshire,  extending  from  the  Piscataqua 

*  Read  at  the  Fourth  General  Court,  Portsmouth,  June  15,  1897. 

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and  the  ocean  tides  to  the  gentle  billows  of  Lake  Champlain, 
not  a  solitary  specimen  of  the  red  man  dwells ;  and  the  college 
of  Wheelock  and  Wentworth,  located  midway  this  princely  terri 
tory,  extends  its  bounteous  blessings  to  the  white  man  alone. 
Instead  of  the  tomahawk  and  the  scalping-knife,  a  thousand 
looms  incessantly  weave  comfortable  clothing  for  all,  and  the 
scythe  gathers  sweet  hay  and  golden  grain  from  a  thousand 
fields.  Instead  of  rude  wigwams  and  powwows  of  superstition, 
temples  of  the  unseen,  beneficent  God,  and  school-houses  stand 
side  by  side,  that  "  peace  and  happiness,  truth  and  justice, 
religion  and  piety,  may  be  established  among  us  for  all  gen 
erations." 

Two  thirds  of  a  century  ago,  the  poet-banker  of  Boston  wrote 
the  lines  recited  at  the  opening  of  the  Portsmouth  theatre, — 

"  Here  as  I  gazed,  in  Nature's  strength  and  grace 
Roamed  the  red  warriors  of  a  nameless  race; 
Swift  flew  their  barks  along  the  rocky  shore ; 
Bright  blazed  their  fires,  loud  rose  their  battle  roar; 
Rude  love  and  ruder  hate  controlled  the  spot, 
Tribes  conquered  tribes,  and  were  in  turn  forgot." 

This  territory,  first  named  New  Hampshire  by  John  Mason, 
in  memory  of  his  native  county  in  England,  consisted  then,  as 
now, — when  consideration  is  limited  to  so  much  as  lies  south 
of  Lake  Winnipesaukee — of  three  river  valleys,  the  Pis- 
cataqua,  the  Merrimack,  and  the  Connecticut.  The  two  sec 
tions  of  upland  forming  the  crest  between  these  valleys  were 
little  known  to  the  early  white  settlers,  and  were  regarded 
chiefly  as  valuable  for  their  store  of  timber,  peltry,  and  furs. 
The  main  settlements  were  confined,  two  centuries  ago,  to  the 
ample  intervals  of  the  Piscataqua  and  its  tributaries.  Here 
were  the  sawmills  which  gave  employment  to  the  hardy  pio 
neers,  and  here  came  the  shallops  of  the  deep  sea  fisheries 
with  their  abundant  freight.  In  the  half  century  which  had 
preceded,  the  Englishman  and  the  Indian  had  dwelt  together  in 
general  peacefulness  and  quiet.  This  period  had  just  closed 


THE  ENGLISH  AND  THE  INDIAN  IN  NEW  HAMPSHIRE. 

with  the  bloody  drama  at  Cochecho,  prior  to  which  the  only 
armed  conflicts  between  the  two  races  had  been  conducted  by 
forces  from  the  adjacent  colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  The 
expiring  embers  of  Philip's  war  flashed  into  a  momentary  blaze 
in  the  raid  upon  Durham,  the  earliest  predatory  incursion, 
excepting  the  haycock  affair  at  Dover  in  1666,  in  the  history  of 
New  Hampshire.  Without  the  events  of  the  few  preceding 
years  in  Massachusetts,  the  raid  would  have  been  impossible. 
The  only  actual  battle  between  organized  forces  of  the  white 
man  and  the  red  man  on  New  Hampshire  soil  was  in  1693  at 
Wheelwright's  pond,  the  head  of  the  principal  Durham  river,  in 
the  present  town  of  Lee.  It  is  doubtful  if  a  single  New  Hamp 
shire  man  was  engaged. 

It  will  be  found  on  inspection,  that  no  oppression  or  coercion 
by  the  New  Hampshire  colonist  was  the  active  force  that  re 
moved  the  red  man  from  her  soil.  The  small  and  insignificant 
scouts  on  her  record  were  her  police,  directed  only  against  the 
wayward,  the  wilful,  and  the  wicked,  of  which  the  Indian  fur 
nished  too  many  examples. 

The  Indian  was  no  farmer  and  understood  not  the  art  of 
husbandry.  On  the  most  fertile  river  bottoms  he  cultivated 
rudely  a  few  corn-fields.  The  success  of  the  white  man's  agri 
culture  raised  no  envy  in  his  bosom ;  rather,  he  was  gratified 
at  the  abundant  plenty  resulting.  The  apples  and  pears  which 
the  early  colonists  had  planted  on  their  plantations  were  an 
enlargement  in  the  line  of  fruits  to  him,  before  which  he  knew 
only  of  the  berries  which  he  shared  with  the  bear.  The  cider 
and  the  rum,  produced  by  the  same  skill,  opened  a  new  world 
to  his  imagination,  and  gave  him,  in  the  stupor  of  intoxication, 
an  enjoyment  never  before  experienced,  and  of  which  he  never 
got  enough. 

But  as  a  hunter  and  trapper,  the  Indian  was  not  only 
equal,  but  superior,  to  the  Englishman.  Fertile  in  expedient, 
adroit  in  strategy,  patient  and  untiring  in  the  chase,  he  pos 
sessed  the  most  minute  acquaintance  with  the  habits  and  char- 

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acter  of  the  beasts  roaming  the  New  Hampshire  forests,  and 
was  unsurpassed  in  the  success  with  which  he  secured  their 
skins  for  his  garments  and  their  meat  for  his  larder.  The 
white  man's  gun,  powder,  and  ball  increased  the  red  man's 
efficiency  as  a  hunter.  No  keener,  surer  eye  ever  glanced 
down  the  glint  of  a  gun-barrel,  and  no  firmer,  stouter  arm  ever 
held  a  stock.  It  was  but  natural  that  the  two  races  should  in 
this  department  work  together.  The  Indian  could  not  provide 
the  equipments  for  an  expedition ;  the  Englishman  could.  The 
Indian  possessed  not  the  art  of  accounts,  but  well  remembered 
the  articles  furnished  him.  To  his  credit,  be  it  said,  there  is 
not  on  record  a  single  instance  of  his  denial  of  the  stores  and 
equipments  furnished.  He  knew  also  the  quantity  and  quality 
of  the  furs  obtained.  Here  an  issue  immediately  arose  from 
the  different  standpoints  of  the  parties  at  interest.  The  Indian 
regarded  each  expedition  as  a  unit,  independent  of  all  previous 
or  succeeding  liabilities.  Like  the  good  Bishop  Bass  of  New- 
buryport,  affiliated  with  the  lodge  in  Portsmouth  in  Masonic 
ties,  who,  when  his  people  could  not  square  up  the  salary 
account  of  a  previous  year,  would  say :  "  Well,  I  '11  overlook  that 
amount;  it's  very  small.  Never  mind  it.  Let's  rub  out  and 
begin  anew."  The  Indian  could  not  conceive,  much  less  under 
stand,  the  necessity  of  the  success  of  an  expedition  being  applied 
to  offset  and  extinguish  the  losses  of  a  predecessor.  His  colonist 
partner  had  a  book  account,  duly  debited  the  Indian  with  sup 
plies  furnished,  and  credited  him  with  peltry  and  venison  re 
turned.  Both  were  honest  and  both  were  sincere.  The  white 
man  never  accepted  the  red  man's  logic  of  the  situation ;  the 
red  man  had  no  faith  in  the  white  man's  book  account,  which 
to  him  was  as  deluding  as  legerdemain,  as  mysterious  as  magic. 
It  had  but  one  constant  result — the  Indian  was  always  in 
debt. 

Though  unsatisfied  and  far  from  quiet,  the  Indian  made  no 
organized  descent  upon  the  New  Hampshire  towns  till  after  the 
Massachusetts  struggle,  known  as  King  Philip's  war,  when  two 

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of  the  officers  of  that  colony,  Sill  and  Hawthorn,  came  to 
Dover,  and  in  connection  with  Major  Waldern,  who  had  been  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  general  court  and  speaker  of 
its  house,  took  advantage  of  the  friendly  feeling  of  the  Indians 
toward  Major  Waldern  and  of  the  security  and  confidence  they 
reposed  in  him.  By  a  ruse  they  seized  two  hundred  of  the 
Indians,  carried  them  to  Boston,  and  punished  them  for  alleged 
crimes.  A  few  were  hanged,  a  few — Passaconaway  and  his 
family — set  at  liberty,  and  the  remainder  sold  as  slaves.  This 
deed  the  Indians  could  not  forget.  It  was  the  earliest  hostile 
act  against  them  by  enlisted  white  soldiers  within  the  limits  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  has  been  regarded  as  the  incitement  to 
the  massacre  of  Major  Waldern  in  1689. 

An  illuminating  comprehension,  however,  of  the  incidents  of 
this  tragedy  is  furnished  in  a  tradition,  narrated  to  me  by  a  son 
of  Portsmouth,  coming  down  from  the  lips  of  the  very  actors  in 
the  event.  An  English  colonist,  trafficking  with  the  natives,  had, 
by  long  residence  among  them,  acquired  not  only  their  confi 
dence,  but  an  understanding  of  their  language,  as  was  not  un 
common.  This  party  met  the  chiefs  on  their  return  from  the 
Cocheco  foray.  Their  statement  of  the  affair  was  to  the  effect 
that,  after  they  had  gained  possession  of  the  garrison  house  and 
secured  the  avenues  of  approach  and  departure,  they  brought 
Major  Waldern  into  his  great  hall  and  demanded  a  settlement, 
then  and  there,  of  accounts  between  him  and  them.  Willingly 
or  otherwise,  the  Major  produced  his  bulky  ledger  and  read  to 
each  the  statement  of  his  account  as  therein  entered.  Explana 
tions  followed,  and  the  Major  was  compelled  or  induced  to 
cross  off  each  account  as  settled.  When  this  was  concluded, 
each  chief  in  turn  gave  Major  Waldern  a  corresponding  cross 
of  settlement,  by  gashing  with  his  knife  upon  the  Major's 
breast;  furnishing  a  permanent  and  ineradicable  evidence  of 
their  satisfaction  in  the  adjustment.  They  had  no  intention  or 
desire  of  slaying  him.  Though  they  felt  he  had  deeply  wronged 
them  in  his  dealings,  had  time  and  again  defrauded  them  in 

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business  relations,  had  delivered  their  kinsmen  and  the  warriors 
of  their  tribes  into  slavery,  they  had  an  abiding  respect  and 
regard  for  him,  as  altogether  the  most  prominent  and  influential 
of  the  white  men  with  whom  they  came  in  contact.  We  may 
say  the  deed  was  barbarous,  but,  so  far  as  we  may  credit  this 
their  narrative  of  the  occasion,  it  was  destitute  of  the  savage 
ferocity  and  malignity  with  which  historical  writers  have  por 
trayed  and  characterized  it. 

The  Indian  had  no  idea,  much  less  comprehension,  of  indi 
vidual  proprietary  interests  in  land.  The  territory  occupied  by 
a  tribe  and  defended  by  its  warriors  was  theirs  by  occupancy, 
as  a  tribal  possession.  It  could  be  vacated  and  abandoned  on 
the  approach  of  a  superior  power;  or,  the  whole  tribe  could 
alienate  it  and  withdraw.  So  when  temporary  alienation  was 
effected  for  small  quantities  and  recorded  by  deed  to  the  white 
man,  the  transaction  was  quite  differently  regarded  by  the  two 
parties  at  interest.  When  the  coats  and  blankets,  exchanged 
for  the  land,  were  worn  out,  or  the  powder  and  ball  expended, 
while  the  land  remained  in  perpetuo  to  the  whites,  the  Indian 
felt  himself  entitled  to  a  renewal  of  the  price  paid  him.  The 
clothing  or  the  ammunition  was  demanded  over  again ;  and  he 
pointed  out  the,  to  him,  remarkable  fact  that  the  white  man  pos 
sessed  his  end  of  the  bargain,  while  the  Indian  had  nothing. 
There  was  no  reconciliation.  There  could  be  none.  The 
white  man's  conscience  was  easy.  He  had  honestly  and  faith 
fully  paid  for  the  land.  His  title  had  been  established  for 
years,  his  possession  had  been  open  and  known  to  all  and  was 
capable  of  verification  and  proof  by  hundreds  of  witnesses. 
The  white  man  was  in  power  and  could  enforce  and  maintain 
his  view  of  the  situation.  The  Indian  recognized  the  fact  and 
withdrew  deeper  into  the  forest. 

You  and  I  may  enjoy  the  contemplation  of  the  bounteous 
creation,  as  shown  in  the  orderly  disposition  of  daily  events, 
and  gratefully  recognize  the  gracious  beneficence  which  has 
advanced  our  race,  laden  with  innumerable  blessings,  till  devout 

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adoration,  baffled  in  attempted  comprehension  of  the  universe, 
finds  its  highest  expression  in  the  great  white  throne  of  a  new 
heaven  and  a  new  earth,  and  in  the  worship  of  Him  that  sitteth 
thereon.  To  this  the  American  Indian  was  not  equal.  The 
Great  Spirit,  whom  he  worshiped,  was  purely  an  intellectual 
apprehension  in  no  wise  inferior  in  conception  to  a  deity  who 
could  inspire  the  verdict  of  the  witchcraft  tribunals.  Implicit 
confidence  reposed  in  his  wisdom,  justice,  and  righteousness, 
and  unhesitating  acquiescence  in  his  decrees.  No  mercy  or 
compassion  was  expected.  Yet  nowhere  appeared  the  Jugger 
naut  of  India,  the  Molock  of  the  Druid,  or  the  persecution  of 
the  Christian.  He  was  a  heathen,  but  he  was  no  idolater. 

In  the  pride  of  our  intelligence  we  term  this  condition  of  the 
red  man,  native  on  these  shores,  ignorance ;  and  in  the  con 
sciousness  of  intellectual  superiority,  we  stamp  him  savage.  By 
our  standard,  doubtless  the  award  is  just ;  but  how  by  his  ? 

The  subject  is  a  broad  one,  and  the  relations  of  the  two  races 
too  extensive  to  be  more  than  glanced  at  within  the  limits  of 
this  brief  paper.  The  student  of  sociology  can  only  lament  that 
the  New  England  white  man  did  not  manifest  a  larger  capacity 
for  dealing  with  the  American  Indian,  that  the  best  qualities 
and  instincts  of  the  child  of  the  forest  could  not  have  been 
nurtured  and  developed  into  usefulness  within  the  bounds  of 
civilization.  Unquestionably,  he  was  too  superior  a  being  to 
be  exterminated,  as  he  has  been.  The  verses  of  Mr.  Long 
fellow  may  not  be  historically  true  ;  but  they  are  worth  recalling 
as  a  half  truth,  not  destitute  of  justification,  when  the  history 
of  Passaconaway,  a  New  Hampshire  chief,  is  recalled  : 

"  Beautiful  is  the  sun,  O  strangers, 
When  you  come  so  far  to  see  us ! 
All  our  town  in  peace  awaits  you, 
All  our  doors  stand  open  for  you  ; 
You  shall  enter  all  our  wigwams 
For  the  heart's  right  hand  we  give  you. 


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Never  before  had  our  tobacco 
Such  a  sweet  and  pleasant  flavor, 
Never  the  broad  leaves  of  our  corn-fields 
Were  so  beautiful  to  look  on, 
As  they  seem  to  us,  this  morning, 
When  you  come  so  far  to  see  us." 


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List  of  Members. 


Charier  Members  in  italics. 

42.  Ball,  George  Oscar,  Claremont,  N.  H. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Governor  Simon  Bradstreet. 

Ninth  in  descent  from  Governor  Thomas  Dudley. 
14.  Bangs,  Charles  McClary,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Captain  John  McClary. 
7.  Bangs,  Frederick  Lincoln,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Captain  John  McClary. 
1 8.  Beatty,  Franklin  Thomason,  M.  D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Beatty. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Governor  Jean  Paul  Jaquett. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  Andreas  Bengsten. 
52.  Brown,  Elisha  Rhodes,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Ninth  in  descent  from  Governor  Roger  Williams. 
49.  Busiel,  Charles  Albert,  Hon.,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Daniel  Tilton. 
ii.   Clapp,  Frederick  Walter,  Boston,  Mass. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Thomas  Clapp. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Major  Samuel  Clapp. 

43.  Coit,  James  Milnor,  Ph.  D.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  John  Rowland. 
21.  Conn,  Granville  Priest,  M.  D.,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Third  in  descent  from  John  Conn. 


29 


SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL   WARS. 

30.  Cutter,  Henry  Arthur,  Nashua,  N.  H. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Ephraim  Cutter. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Richard  Cutter. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  John  Prescott. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  Jonas  Prescott. 
Fifth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  David  Alld. 
Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Peter  Powers. 
Fourth  in  descent  from  Stephen  Powers. 

54.  Deering,  John  "Wentworth,  Boston,  Mass. 

Seventh   in   descent   from     Lieutenant-Colonel   William 

Pepperrell. 
27.  Eastman,  Edson  Cummings,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Captain  Ebenezer  Eastman. 
22.  Eastman,  Samuel  Coffin,  Hon.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Captain  Ebenezer  Eastman. 

55.  Edgerly,  Edwin  Lorraine,  New  York  City. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  David  Edgerly. 
41.  Evans,  George  Frederic,  Portland,  Me. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Nathaniel  Morton. 
3.  Frisbie,  franklin  Senter,  Penacook,  N.  H. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Captain  Nathaniel  Fryer. 
Eighth  in  descent  from  Major  Richard  Waldron. 
Eighth  in  descent  from  Captain  William  Gerrish. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Captain  John  Gerrish. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Colonel  Timothy  Gerrish. 
Seventh    in    descent   from    Lieutenant-Colonel    William 

Pepperrell. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Honorable  Robert  Elliot. 

34.  Forney,  James,   Colonel,  U.    S.    Marine    Corps,    Ports 
mouth,  N.  H. 

In  right  of  Emanuel  Carpenter. 

35.  Foster,  Joseph,  Paymaster,  U.  S.  Navy,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Captain  Jeremiah  Foster. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  John  Spalding. 

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LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  John  Jackson. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Samuel  Ingersoll. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  George  Ingersoll. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Riggs. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Daniel  Giddings. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  George  Giddinge  (Giddings). 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  William  Butler. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Samuel  Ingalls. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  William  Goodhue. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Quartermaster  Nathaniel  Rust. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Quartermaster  Robert  Kinsman. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Thomas  Boreman. 
36.  Gilchrist,  Harry  Wilbur,  Franklin,  N.  H. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  James  Dunlap. 
23.  Gordon,  George  Augustus,  Captain,  Somerville,  Mass. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Alexander  Gordon. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Gordon. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Burnham. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Sergeant  John  Tidd. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Samuel  Blodget. 

Seventh    in    descent   from    Lieutenant   Thomas    Burn- 
ham,  Jr. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Captain  John  Carter. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  George  Giddinge. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Richard  Swan. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Richard  Bartlett. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  John  Carter. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Gershom  Fleg. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  John  Giddinge. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Robert  Swan. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  John  WTashburne. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Francis  Whitmore. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Sergeant  Joseph  Wilson. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Gamaliel  Pote. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Abraham  Stockbridge. 

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SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS. 

45.  Higgins,  George,  M.  D.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Seventh   in    descent  from    Lieutenant-Colonel    William 
Pepperrell. 

33.  Hill,  Howard  Fremont,  Rev.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Abraham  Hill. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Adams. 
15.  Hubbard,  Adolphus  Skinner,  Colonel,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Edmund  Hubbard. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Caleb  Hubbard. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Peter  Hubbard,  Sr. 

8.  Jackson,  Henry  Stedman,  Boston,  Mass. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Edward  Jackson. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Timothy  Jackson. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  John  Spring. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Ebenezer  Stone. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  James  Trowbridge. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Thomas  Greenwood. 

32.  Jameson,  Winfield  Scott,  Port  Gamble,  Washington. 
Fourth  in  descent  from  Martin  Jameson. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Major  William  Vaughn. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Rev.  John  Wise. 

6.  Kent,  Henry  Oakes,  LL.  D.,  Colonel,  U.  S.  V.,  Lancaster,  N.  H. 
Third  in  descent  from  Colonel  Jabob  Kent. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Francis  Peabody. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Richard  Mann. 
Eighth  in  descent  from  Thomas  Root. 
Ninth  in  descent  from  Richard  Butler. 
Ninth  in  descent  from  Reverend  Samuel  Stowe. 
53.  Morse,  Fred  Winslow,  Professor,  Durham,  N.  H. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Captain  John  Jacob. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Daniel  Gushing. 

28.  Olmsted,  William   Adams,   M.    D.,   Brigadier-General, 

Army  of  the  Potomac,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Eighth  in  descent  from  Captain  Richard  Olmstead. 

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LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 

29.  Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop,  Professor,  Durham,  N.  H. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Cornet  Joseph  Parsons. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  Joseph  Parsons. 
Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Ebenezer  Parsons. 
Fourth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Benjamin  Parsons. 
Ninth  in  descent  from  Elder  William  Brewster. 
Ninth  in  descent  from  Deputy-Governor  John  Alden. 
Eighth  in  descent  from  Captain  Jonathan  Alden. 
Ninth   in    descent   from   Governor's    Assistant   William 

Collier. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Colonel  Ebenezer  Marsh. 
Seventh  in  descent  from  Captain  John  Marsh. 
Tenth  in  descent  from  Governor  John  Webster. 

56.  Pitman,  Charles  Frank,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Andrew  Woodbury. 

i.  Philbrook,  Frederick  Bacon,  Jamaica  Plains,  Mass. 
Ninth  in  descent  from  Captain  Richard  Brackett. 
Ninth  in  descent  from  Captain  John  Whipple. 
Eighth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  William  French. 
Eighth  in  descent  from  Colonel  John  Lane. 
Sixth  in  descent  from  Benjamin  Bacon. 
Fourth  in  descent  from  Corporal  Samuel  Clough. 

1 6.  Plaisted,  Sheridan,  Waterville,  Me. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Major  Samuel  Appleton. 

39.  Plant,  Henry  Bradley,  Hon.,  New  York  City. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  John  Plant. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  John  Frisbee. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Honorable  Thomas  Greyson. 

40.  Plant,  Morton  Freeman,  New  York  City. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  John  Plant. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  John  Frisbee. 

Ninth  in  descent  from  Honorable  Thomas  Greyson. 

58.  Rollins,  Frank  West,  Hon.,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Ebenezer  Eastman. 

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SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS. 

24.  Sawyer,  William  Davis,  Quartermaster-General,  N.  H. 
N.  G.,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Hon.  Peter  Coffin. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Sergeant  Caleb  Sawyer. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Caleb  Sawyer. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Thomas  Sawyer. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Tristram  Coffin. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Tristram  Coffin. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Henry  Willard. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Major  Simon  Willard. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Sergeant  Thomas  Pierce. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Edward  Winship. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  John  Prescott. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Edward  Starbuck. 
51.  Sawyer,  Charles  Francis,  Captain,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Hon.  Peter  Coffin. 

Fourth  in  descent  from  Sergeant  Caleb  Sawyer. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Caleb  Sawyer. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Thomas  Sawyer. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Tristram  Coffin. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Tristram  Coffin. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Henry  Willard. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Major  Simon  Willard. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Sergeant  Thomas  Pierce. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Edward  Winship. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  John  Prescott. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Edward  Starbuck. 
47.  Scales,  John,  Dover,  N.  H. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Captain  John  Woodman. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Colonel  Mark  Hunking. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Nathan  Longfellow. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Ensign  William  Longfellow. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  Jacob  Green. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Judge  Henry  Green. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Stephen  Batchelder. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  Henry  True. 

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LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 

24.  Staniels,  Charles  Eastman,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Ebenezer  Eastman. 
26.  Stearns,  Ezra  Scollay,  Hon.,  A.  M.,  Rindge,  N.  H. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  John  Fitch. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  John  Wyman. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Abraham  Knowlton. 
4.   Tappan,  Charles  Langdon,  Reverend,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Captain  Tristram  Heard. 
20.  Thorne,  John  Calvin,  Concord,  N.  H. 

Third  in  descent  from  Quartermaster  John  Thorne. 
48.  Tilton,  George  Henry,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Daniel  Tilton. 
44.  Todd,  William  Cleaves,  Hon.,  Atkinson,  N.  H. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Governor  John  Endicott. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Major  William  Hawthorne. 
31.  Treat,  John  Sheldon,  Hon.,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Governor  Robert  Treat. 

Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  Joseph  Treat. 
46.  Walcott,  Nathaniel  Adams,  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  John  Walcott. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Captain  Jonathan  Walcott. 
57.  Waterman,  Lucius,  Reverend,  Laconia,  N.  H. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Governor  Joseph  Jenckes. 

Seventh    in    descent   from   Assistant-Governor    Thomas 
Harris. 

Eighth    in    descent    from     Assistant-Governor    Samuel 
Gorton. 

Seventh    in    descent    from    Assistant-Governor    James 
Greene. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  John  Wilkinson. 

Eighth  in  descent  from  Tristram  Coffin. 
2.    Willey,  William  Lithgow,  S.  D.,  Boston,  Mass. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  John  Willey. 

Seventh  in  descent  from  Lieutenant  Matthew  Bridge. 

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SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS. 

Sixth  in  descent  from  Lieutenant-Colonel  Arthur  Noble. 
Fifth  in  descent  from  Captain  William  Lithgow. 

50.  Williams,    Jared    Irving,    A.    B.,    Captain,    Lancaster, 

N.  H. 
Fifth  in  descent  from  Chaplain  Stephen  Williams,  D.  D. 


fln  flDemoriam 


19-  Prank   Arthur   Colby,   M.    D., 

Berlin,  N.  H.,  died  July  14,  1896.  Born  at  Lan 
caster,  N.  H.,  November  4,  1852.  Married,  Nov. 
4,  1880,  to  Ada  Hatch,  who  with  two  children  — 
Hortense  (13)  and  Arthur  F.  (5)  —  survives  him. 

He  was  fitted  at  Exeter,  studied  his  profes 
sion  at  Burlington,  Vt.,  graduated  M.  D.  at 
Dartmouth,  1874;  traveled  in  1874-5  m  Europe 
and  Egypt,  and  became  associated  with  several 
foreign  medical  societies,  notably  that  of  St. 
Thomas'  Hospital,  London,  and  was  a  fellow 
of  the  state  societies  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire, 
Oregon,  and  California. 

He  practised  at  Cabot,  Vt.,  Bartlett  and  Lan 
caster,  N.  H.,  and  located  at  Berlin  in  1883, 
where  he  remained,  except  during  a  trip  for  his 
health  to  the  Pacific  coast  in  1885-6,  to  the  date 
of  decease. 

He  represented  Berlin  in  the  legislature  of 
1895  —  was  a  Mason,  a  Knight  Templar,  and 
attained  the  Thirty-second  degree  of  the  An 
cient  Scottish  Rite  ;  was  warden  of  the  St.  Bar 
nabas  Episcopal  church  at  Berlin.  The  inter 
ment  was  at  Lancaster,  by  North  Star  Com- 
mandery,  of  which  he  was  a  valued  member. 

Dr.  Colby  was  an  active,  able  and  useful  man, 
beloved  in  his  family  and  esteemed  by  his  asso 
ciates  and  the  public. 


37 


Index  of  Ancestors  and  Descendants. 


[ANCESTORS  IN  SMALL  CAPS,  DESCENDANTS  IN  ITALICS.] 


ADAMS,  CAPTAIN  THOMAS,  1713-1802. 
French    and    Indian    War,    Cam 
bridge  Company,  which   returned 
in  autumn  of  1758. 
Hill,  Howard  Fremont. 

ALDEN,  JOHN,  1599-1686.  Last  sur 
viving  signer  of  Mayflower  Com 
pact.  Member  under  arms  of 
Captain  Myles  Standish's  Dux- 
bury  Company,  1643.  Assistant, 
1632,  i634-'39,  '5o-'86.  Deputy, 
'4i-'42,  '43~'49.  Deputy-Governor, 
'66.  Member  of  the  Council  of 
War,  '46,  '53-'6o,'  67,  '71,  '75-76, 
Plymouth  Colony. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

ALDEN,  CAPTAIN  JONATHAN,  1627- 
1697.  E)nsign,  Lieutenant  and 
Captain  of  the  Duxbury,  Mass., 
Military  Company.  Served  in 
King  Philip's  War.  Was  an  offi 
cer  of  the  Duxbury  Company 
from  1658-1697,  and  was  buried 
under  arms. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

ALLD,   LIEUTENANT  DAVID.    Served 

in  French  and  Indian  War,  1759. 
Cutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

APPLETON,  MAJOR  SAMUEL,  1624- 
1696,  of  Ipswich.  Deputy  to  the 
General  Court,  Colony  of  Massa 
chusetts  Bay,  six  terms,  between 
i668-'8o.  Lieutenant,  1668.  Cap 
tain,  1675.  Major  and  Com- 
mander-in-Chief  of  Massachu 
setts  Troops,  1675.  I"  command 
at  Springfield,  Hatfield,  and  at 
the  Great  Swamp  Fight.  Ser 


geant-Major  of  the  South  Essex 
Regiment,  1682.  Assistant,  1681- 
'86,  '89-'92.  Imprisoned  by  Sir 
Edmund  Andros,  1687,  for  re 
fusing  to  pay  taxes  levied  with 
out  the  consent  of  the  Council. 
Plaisted,  Sheridan. 

BACON,  BENJAMIN,  1688-1727.  Sol 
dier  in  Captain  John  Lane's  Com 
pany,  i7O3~'i3.  Served  in  the 
Billerica  Troop  of  Horse,  in 
Queen  Anne's  War,  at  the  relief 
of  D  unstable,  Mass.,  July,  1706. 
Philbrook,  Frederic  Bacon. 

BATCHELDER,    STEPHEN,    1676-1748, 
Hampton,     N.     H.      Soldier    in 
King  William's  War. 
Scales,  John, 

BARTLETT,   RICHARD,    1648-1724, 
Newbury,  Mass.     Deputy  to  Gen 
eral  Court  of  Massachusetts,  1679, 
'8 1,  '84,  '86. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

BEATTY,  THOMAS,  1700-1768.  Justice 
of  Prince  George  County,  Mary 
land,  I739~'48.  Justice  of  Fred 
erick  County,  i748-'6o.  Justice 
of  Quorum,  i749~'6o.  Burgess 
from  Frederick  County,  17 57-' 58. 
Beatty,  Franklin  Tomason. 

BENGSTEN,      ANDREAS,      1640-1706. 
Member  of  Pennsylvania  Assem 
bly  in  the  years  1683,  1686,  1698. 
Beatty,  Franklin  Tomason. 

BLODGET,  SAMUEL,    1635-1725,  Wo- 
burn,  Mass.    Deputy  to   General 


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SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL   WARS. 


Court  of  Massachusetts,  1693. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

BOREMAN,    THOMAS,    1673,    I?8" 

wich,    Mass.      Representative    to 
the  General  Court  of    Massachu 
setts,  1636. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

BRACKETT,  CAPTAIN  RICHARD,  1611- 
1691.  Commander  of  the  Militia 
of  Braintree,  Mass.  Member  of 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company  of  Boston,  1636.  Dep 
uty  to  the  General  Court,  i655-'8o. 
Pkilbrook,  Frederic  Bacon. 

BRADSTREET,  GOVERNOR  SIMON. 
First  Secretary  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony.  One  of  the  Com 
missioners  of  the  United  Colo 
nies,  1643.  Deputy-Governor, 
i672-*79.  Governor,  i676-'86. 
Ball,  George  Oscar. 

BREWSTER,  ELDER  WILLIAM,  1566- 
1644.  Is  credited  with  having 
drafted,  in  the  cabin  of  the  May 
flower,  the  first  written  Constitu 
tion.  Ruling  Elder  of  Plymouth 
Colony.  He  served  in  the  early 
Indian  Wars  under  Captain  Myles 
Standish. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

BRIDGE,  LIEUTENANT  M  ATI  HEW, 
1650-1738.  Quartermaster  in  Cap 
tain  Prentice's  Troop  in  King 
Philip's  War,  and  in  expedition  to 
Canada,  1690. 
Willey,  William  Lithgow. 

BURNHAM,  LIEUTENANT  THOMAS,  JR., 
1620-1694.  Ensign  and  Lieuten 
ant  of  the  Ipswich  Company. 
Deputy  to  the  General  Court,  Col 
ony  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  1683- 
'8S- 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

BURNHAM,  THOMAS,   Ipswich,  Mass. 

Soldier  in  Pequot  War. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

BUTLER,    RICHARD,  1684,    Hart 
ford,  Conn.     Deputy   to  General 


Assembly  of   Connecticut,    1656- 
'60. 
Kent,  Henry  Oakes. 

BUTLER,      LIEUTENANT      WILLIAM, 
1653-1730,  Ipswich,  Mass.     Lieu 
tenant  in  Captain   Francis  Wain- 
wright's  Company,  1696. 
Foster,  yoseph. 

CARPENTER,   EMANUEL.     Member  of 
Pennsylvania  Colonial   Assembly. 
Judge  of  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
I76o-'8o. 
Forney,  James. 

CARTER,  CAPTAIN  JOHN,  1616-1692, 
Woburn.  Ensign,  1651.  Lieuten 
ant,  1664.  Captain,  1672.  Cap 
tain  of  Woburn  Company  in 
King  Philip's  War,  Colony  of 
Massachusetts  Bay. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

CARTER,    LIEUTEUANT  JOHN,    1652- 
1727,    Woburn,    Mass.     Sergeant, 
1682.     Lieutenant,   i7OO-'27,  Wo 
burn  Militia. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

CLAPP,  MAJOR  SAMUEL,  Scituate. 
Major  of  Massachusetts  Militia 
in  Queen  Anne's  War.  Deputy 
to  the  General  Court,  Plymouth 
Colony,  i68o-'86,  '90,  '91.  Dep 
uty  to  the  Massachusetts  General 
Court,  nine  terms,  1692-1715. 
Clapp,  Frederick  Walter. 

CLAPP,  THOMAS,  1597-1684,  Dorches 
ter,  Weymouth,  and  Scituate. 
Deputy  to  the  Massachusetts 
General  Court,  1646.  His  son 
Eleazer  was  killed  in  battle  with 
the  Narragansett  Indians,  March 
15,  1676. 
Clapp,  Frederick  Walter. 

CLOUGH,  CORPORAL  SAMUEL,  1736 
.  Soldier  in  Captain  True- 
worthy  Ladd's  Company,  Major 
Thomas  Tash's  New  Hampshire 
Battalion,  at  the  defense  of  Fort 
Edward  in  1757.  Corporal  in  Cap 
tain  Trueworthy  Ladd's  Company 
of  Colonel  John  Hart's  New 


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INDEX  OF  ANCESTORS  AND   DESCENDANTS. 


Hampshire      Regiment     at      the 
Crown  Point  Expedition,  1758. 
Philbrook,  Frederic  Bacon. 

COFFIN,  HON.  PETER,  Dover  and 
Exeter,  N.  H.  Member  of  the 
King's  Council  for  the  Province 
of  New  Hampshire.  Associate 
and  Chief  Justice,  Supreme  Court 
of  Judicature. 
Sawyer,  William  Davis. 

COFFIN,  TRISTRAM,  1609-1681.  Com 
missioner  at  Salisbury,  1655. 
Chief  Magistrate  for  Nantucket 
under  Governor  Lovelace,  of  New 
York. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 

Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

Waterman,  Lucius. 

COFFIN,  CAPTAIN  TRISTRAM, 1761. 

Captain  of  Troop  of  Horse,  under 
General  Jonathan  Belcher.  Com 
missioned  Nov.  6,  1742. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 
Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

COLLIER,  ASSISTANT  GOVERNOR  WIL 
LIAM,  1670.  Governor's 

Assistant  twenty-seven  years, 
*63S-37,  1639-51,  1654-56,  1658- 
65,  Plymouth  Colony.  Member 
of  Council  of  War,  1642,  1658. 
Commissioner  for  the  United 
Colonies,  1643. 

Charles  Lathrop  Parsons. 

CONN,  SERGEANT,  JOHN,  Harvard, 
Mass.  Soldier  in  Col.  Timothy 
Ruggles's  Regiment,  summer 
campaign  against  Ticonderoga, 

1758.  Also  in  company  of  Capt. 
Aaron   Willard    in   campaign    of 

1759.  In  1760  was   Sergeant  of 
a  company   in   campaign    against 
Crown  Point. 

Conn,  Granville  Priest. 

GUSHING,  DANIEL,  1619-1700,  Hing- 
ham,  Mass.  Delegate  to  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts,  1680, 
1682,  1695. 

Morse,  Fred  Winslow. 


CUTTER.  EPHRAIM,  1651 .    Served 

in  the  Narragansett  Company, 
1675,  under  Major  Samuel  Apple- 
ton. 

Cutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

CUTTER,  RICHARD,  1621-1693.  Mem 
ber  and  Officer  of  '•  the  Artillery 
Company"  in  1643.  Leader  and 
Officer  of  Train  Band,  Cambridge, 
Mass. 
Cutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

DUDLEY,  GOVERNOR  THOMAS,  1576- 
1653.  Second  Governor  of  Massa 
chusetts  Bay  Colony,  1634,  '40,  '45, 
'50.  Deputy-Governor,  1630,  et 
seq.  Assistant,  1635-6,  '41-4.  In 
office  continuously  twenty-two 
years.  Commissioner,  1643,  *47» 
'49,  for,  and  twice  President  of, 
the  United  Colonies.  Major-Gen- 
eral,  1646.  Signed  Charter  of 
Harvard  College,  1650. 

Ball,  George  Oscar. 

DUNLAP,  JAMES,  Private  in  Captain 
Alexander  McNutt's  Company, 
French  and  Indian  War. 

Gilchrist,  Harry  Wilbur. 

EASTMAN,  CAPTAIN  EBENEZER,  1689- 
1748.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
joined  the  Expedition  against  Port 
Royal.  At  twenty-one  commanded 
a  Company  of  Infantry  in  the  attack 
on  Canada,  in  1711,  under  Admiral 
Walker.  Commander  of  a  Com 
pany  at  the  reduction  and  surrender 
of  Louisburg,  1745.  He  was  the 
first  settler  of  Concord,  N.  H.  He 
built  a  fort,  and,  in  1746,  his  house 
was  a  garrison  for  defense  against 
the  Indians. 

Eastman,  Edson  Cummings. 
Eastman,  Samuel  Coffin. 
Rollins,  Frank  West. 
Staniels,  Charles  Eastman. 

EDGERLY,  DAVID,  1741-1785,  Brent- 
wood,  N.  H.  Soldier  French  and 
Indian  War.  Member  Captain 
Alexander  Todd's  Company,  1758. 


SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL   WARS. 


Member    Captain    Tilton's   Com 
pany,  1760. 
Edgerley,  Ed-win  Lorraine. 

ELLIOT,  HON.  ROBERT,  1640-1724, 
Portsmouth  and  New  Castle, 
N.  H.  Selectman,  Casco,  Me., 
1682.  Representative  in  Maine 
Assembly,  1685.  Selectman, 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  1679-80. 
Deputy  to  the  General  Court  of 
New  Hampshire,  1680.  Royal 
Councillor  of  the  Province  of  New 
Hampshire,  1682-86,  1692-98, 
1699-1715.  Justice  of  the  Super 
ior  Court,  1702-3. 
Frisbie,  Franklin  Senter. 

ENDICOTT,  GOVERNOR  JOHN,  1588- 
1665,  Salem.  Governor  Massa 
chusetts  Bay  Colony,  1629.  Gen 
eral  of  forces  against  Indians, 
1636.  Deputy-Governor,  1641. 
Governor,  1644.  Sergeant-Major, 
1645.  President  United  Colonies, 
1658. 
Todd,  William  Cleaves. 

FITCH,  JOHN,  1707-1795.  In  the 
Indian  Wars  in  1744,  built  and 
defended  a  block  house  in  Lunen- 
burg.  July  5,  1748,  the  Indians 
made  an  assault  on  the  fort,  killed 
two  soldiers,  and  carried  John 
Fitch,  his  wife  and  five  children 
into  captivity.  He  was  exchanged 
as  a  prisoner  of  war  in  the  autumn. 
Stearns,  Ezra  S. 

FLEG,  LIEUTENANT  GERSHOM,  1641- 
1690.  First  Lieutenant  of  the 
Woburn  Company,  Massachusetts 
Troops.  Served  in  the  French 
and  Indian  War.  Killed  in  action 
near  Lee,  N.  H.,  July  6,  1690. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

FOSTER,  CAPTAIN  JEREMIAH,  1691- 
1796,  Chebacco  (Ipswich),  Captain 
of  the  Sixth  Company,  Fifth 
Massachusetts  Regiment,  in  the 
Louisburg  Expedition. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

FRENCH,     LIEUTENANT     WILLIAM, 
1664-1681,  Billerica,  Mass.    Dep 


uty  to  the  General   Court,    1663. 
Lieutenant  in  King  Philip's  War. 

Philbrook,  Frederic  Bacon. 
FRISBEE,  JOHN,   1650-1694.     Deputy 
from  Branford,  Conn.,  1690-92. 

Plant,  Henry  Bradley. 

Plant,  Morton  Freeman. 
FRYER,  CAPTAIN  NATHANIEL,  16 — 
1705,  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Ports 
mouth,  N.  H.  Deputy  to  the 
General  Court  of  Massachusetts, 
1666.  Commissioner  to  conclude 
a  treaty  with  the  Indians  at  Casco, 
Me.,  in  1678.  Royal  Councillor 
of  the  Province  of  New  Hamp 
shire,  1683.  Deputy-Governor, 
1692-1702.  Chief  Justice  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas,  1693-95. 
Lieutenant,  1678.  Captain,  1689. 
Commandant  of  Fort  William  and 
Mary  at  New  Castle,  1692-97. 

Frisbie,  Franklin  Senter. 
GERRISH,  CAPTAIN  JOHN,  1646-1714, 
Newbury,  Mass.,  and  Dover,  N.  H. 
Captain,  1672.  Captain  of  all  the 
Troops  of  Horse  in  the  Province 
of  New  Hampshire,  1680.  Cap 
tain  in  King  William's  War,  1690. 
High  Sheriff  of  the  Province,  1683. 
Member  of  the  Special  Assembly, 
1684.  Deputy  to  the  General 
Court,  1684,  '89,  '90,  "97,  and 
Royal  Councillor  of  the  Province 
of  New  Hampshire.  Justice  of 
the  Superior  Court,  1699-1714. 

Frisbie,  Franklin  Senter. 
GERRISH,  COLONEL  TIMOTHY,  1684- 
1756,  Dover,  N.  H.  Proprietor 
of  Gerrish's  Island,  Kittery,  Me. 
Captain  Provincial  Militia,  1719. 
Deputy  to  the  General  Court  of 
New  Hampshire,  1709,  1715,  1722. 
Colonel  of  the  Provincial  Militia 
of  York  County,  Me.,  1725.  Justice 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  of 
which  Sir  William  Pepperrell  was 
Chief  Justice.  Royal  Councillor 
of  the  Province  of  Massachusetts, 
I730-35- 

Frisbie,  Franklin  Senter. 

GERRISH,  CAPTAIN   WILLIAM,  1617- 
1687,  Newbury  and  Boston,  Mass. 


INDEX  OF  ANCESTORS  AND   DESCENDANTS. 


First  Captain  of  the  Military  Com 
pany  of  Newbury.  Captain  in 
King  Philip's  War,  1675-76.  In 
command  of  the  garrison  at  New 
bury  several  years.  Deputy  to 
the  General  Court  1650,  et  seq. 
Frisbie,  Franklin  Senter. 

GlDDINGE  (OR  GlDDINGS),  GEORGE, 
1608-1670,  Ipswich,  Mass.  Deputy 
to  General  Court  of  Massachu 
setts,  1641,  et  seq. 

Gordon,  George  Augustus. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

GIDDINGE,  JOHN,  1638-1691,  Chebacco 
(Ipswich).      Deputy    to    General 
Court  of  Massachusetts,  1653,  '63, 
'64. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

GIDDINGS,  LIEUTENANT  DANIEL, 
1704-71,  of  Chebacco  (Ipswich). 
Lieutenant  of  Captain  Jeremiah 
Foster's  Company,  Fifth  Massa 
chusetts  Regiment,  in  the  Louis- 
burg  Expedition.  Representative 
to  the  Massachusetts  General 
Court  from  Ipswich,  1758. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

GOODHUE,  DEACON  WILLIAM,  1613- 
1699,  Ipswich,  Mass.  Representa 
tive  to  General  Court  of  Massa 
chusetts,  1666-67,  1673,  I677-8i, 
1683. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

GORDON,  ALEXANDER,  1635-1697. 
Soldier  in  Captain  Timothy  Hall's 
Company,  King  William's  War. 
In  garrison  at  Exeter,  N.  H.,  April 
to  August,  1696. 
Gordon,  George  Augusttts. 

GORDON,  THOMAS,  1678-1762,  Exeter, 
N.   H.     Soldier  in   Captain  John 
Gilman's   Company,  1710,   Queen 
Anne's  War. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

GORTON,  SAMUEL,  1592-1677.  Assist 
ant,  1649.  President  of  Provi 
dence  &  Warwick,  1651-52.  Com 
missioner  to  the  Narragansett 


Indians.     Deputy,  1652-66,  Rhode 
Island. 
Waterman,  Lucius. 

GREEN,   JUDGE    HENRY,    1620-1700, 
Hampton,  N.  H.     Commissioner 
for  Hampton,  1689.      Councillor, 
1692-97. 
Scales,  John. 

GREEN,  CAPTAIN  JACOB,  1654-1726, 
Hampton,  N.  H.  Captain  of 
Hampton  Militia  from  1699  to 
1720,  and  did  valuable  service 
under  Major  Winthrop  Hilton  in 
guarding  the  frontiers. 
Scales,  John. 

GREENE,     ASS'T-GOVERNOR     JAMES, 
1620-1698,  Warwick,  R.  I.     Gov 
ernor's    Assistant    Rhode  Island 
Colony,  1670-71. 
Waterman,  Lucius. 

GREENWOOD,  CAPTAIN  THOMAS, 
1696-1774,  Newton,  Mass.  Cap 
tain  in  the  Massachusetts  Militia. 
Deputy  to  the  General  Court  of 
Massachusetts  Bay  from  1743  to 
I756- 
Jackson,  Henry  Steadman. 

GREYSON,  HONORABLE  THOMAS, 

1646,  New  Haven.  One  of 

the  founders  and  the  first  treas 
urer  of  the  New  Haven  Colony. 
One  of  the  commissioners  who 
formed  a  union  of  New  England 
Colonies,  1643.  Commissioner  to 
England,  1646,  but  the  ship  in 
which  he  sailed  was  lost  at  sea. 

Plant,  Henry  Bradley. 

Plant,  Morton  Freeman. 

HARRIS,   ASS'T-GOVERNOR    THOMAS, 
1686,  Providence,  R.  I.     Gov 
ernor's    Assistant    Rhode    Island 
Colony,  1666-69,  l^7I~7S- 
Waterman,  Lucius. 

HATHORNE,  MAJOR  WILLIAM,  1607- 
1681,  Salem.  First  Speaker  of 
the  House  of  Deputies,  1644. 
Assistant,  1662-79.  Commissioner 
for  the  United  Colonies,  1643. 


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SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL  WARS. 


Captain  of   Salem  Company,  and 
Major,  1656,  Colony  of  Massachu 
setts  Bay. 
Todd,  William  Cleaves. 

HEARD,  CAPTAIN  TRISTRAM,  1667- 
1735.  Lieutenant  commanding  a 
Company  of  New  Hampshire  Mil 
itia  in  1725.  Subsequently  Cap 
tain  in  command  of  the  Garrison 
known  as  "  Heard's  Garrison,"  at 
Dover.  Killed  by  the  Indians  in 
1735- 
Tappan,  Charles  Langdon. 

HILL,  ABRAHAM,  1734-1812.    Soldier 

in  French  and  Indian  War. 
Hill,  Howard  Fremont. 

ROWLAND,  JOHN,  1592-1673.  Signer 
of  the  Compact  on  Mayflower, 
1620.  In  the  "  First  Encounter," 
Great  Meadow  Creek,  December 
6,  1620.  Assistant  to  Governor, 
1633-35.  In  Command  of  Ken- 
nebec  Trading  Post,  1634.  Dep 
uty  to  General  Court,  \&\\.,et  seq. 
The  "beloved  Pilgrim." 
Coif,  James  Milnor. 

HUBBARD,  CALEB.  1630-1711,  Brain- 
tree.      Deputy    to    the     General 
Court  of  Massachusetts  Bay,  1694. 
Hubbard,  Adolf  hus  Skinner. 

HUBBARD,  EDMUND,  1570-1646,  Hing- 
ham.  Deputy  to  the  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts  Bay, 
1639-42. 

Hubbard,  Adolphus  Skinner. 

HUBBARD,  PETER  SR.,  1709-1756, 
Braintree,  Mass.  Soldier  of  Cap 
tain  Nathaniel  Blake's  Company 
during  the  French  and  Indian 
War.  Died  in  the  service  near 
Fort  William  Henry,  N.  Y.,  Sep 
tember  5. 
Hubbard,  Adolphus  Skinner. 

HUNKING,  COLONEL  MARK,  1670- 
1729,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Dele 
gate  to  the  General  Assembly, 
1693-1710.  Councillor,  1710-1729. 
Judge  of  Superior  Court,  1712- 
1729.  He  first  appeared  on  the 


Provincial  Record  as  Colonel  on 
August  2 ist,  1716. 

Scales,  John. 

INGALLS,  LIEUTENANT  SAMUEL, 

1714,  Ipswich,  Mass.  Member  of 
the  companies  of  Major  Simon 
Willard  and  Major  Samuel  Ap- 
pleton.  King  Philip's  War. 
Lieutenant  in  Captain  Thomas 
Wade's  troop,  Massachusetts 
Forces,  1691.  Representative  to 
General  Court,  1690. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

INGERSOLL,  LIEUTENANT  GEORGE, 
1618-1694.  Of  Salem  and  Glou 
cester,  Colony  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  and  of  Casco  (Falmouth) 
now  Portland,  Maine.  Appointed 
by  Massachusetts  Commissioners 
Lieutenant  and  Military  Officer  of 
Falmouth,  1668.  Lieutenant  York 
Regiment,  King  Philip's  War, 
1675-76.  Representative  to  the 
General  Assembly,  Province  of 
Maine,  1683  and  1685,  from  Fal 
mouth. 

Foster,  Joseph. 

INGERSOLL,  SAMUEL,  1651-1734,  of 
Casco,  now  Portland,  Maine.  Sol 
dier  in  King  Philip's  War,  1675- 
76.  Received  grant  of  land  m 
Narragansett  township,  Number 
3.  Son  of  Lieutenant  George 
Ingersoll. 

Foster,  Joseph. 

JACKSON,  EDWARD,  1605-1681.  Dep 
uty  from  Cambridge  to  the  Gen 
eral  Court,  Colony  of  Massachu 
setts  Bay,  1647,  a°d  for  fifteen 
years  thereafter.  Left  by  his 
will  a  large  gift  of  land  to  Har 
vard  College. 
Jackson,  Henry  Steadman. 

JACKSON,  JOHN,  1635-1722,  Ports 
mouth,  N.  H.  Soldier  in  King 
William's  War,  1696.  In  Garri 
son  at  Oyster  River  (Durham) 
and  Dover,  N.  H.,  January,  1696. 
Foster,  Joseph. 


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INDEX  OF  ANCESTORS  AND   DESCENDANTS. 


JACKSON,  LIEUTENANT  TIMOTHY, 
1726-1774,  Newton.  Lieutenant 
in  the  Massachusetts  Colonial 
Forces  during  the  French  and 
Indian  War. 
Jackson,  Henry  Steadman. 

JAQUETT,    GOVERNOR    JEAN    PAUL, 
Newcastle,   Delaware.     Governor 
of  New  Sweden,  1655-57.    Justice 
of  Newcastle,  1676-82. 
Beatty,  Franklin  Thomason. 

JACOB,    CAPTAIN     JOHN,    1693, 

Hingham,  Mass.  Captain  in  King 
Philip's  War.  Commanded  a 
Company  of  foot  in  defense  of 
Medfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  21,  1677. 
On  death  of  Captain  Johnson, 
succeeded  to  the  command  of  his 
Company  in  Narragansett  Cam 
paign.  Member  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Com 
pany. 
Morse,  Fred  Winslow. 

JAMESON,  MARTIN,  1705-1760.    Mem 
ber  of  Captain  John  Gray's  Com 
pany  of  Falmouth,  Me.,  1725. 
Jameson,  Winfield  Scott. 

JENCKES,  GOVERNOR  JOSEPH,  Provi 
dence,  R.  I.,  1656-1740.  Assist 
ant  Governor  Rhode  Island  Col 
ony,  1708-12.  Deputy  Governor, 
1715-27.  Governor,  1727-32. 
Waterman,  Lucius. 

KENT,  COLONEL  JACOB,  1726-1812, 
Plaistow,  N.  H.,  and  Newbury, 
Vt.  Commissioned,  1760,  First 
Lieutenant  of  Captain  John 
Hazen's  Company  in  Colonel 
John  Goffe's  Regiment  for  the 
invasion  of  Canada.  Commis 
sioned,  1764,  Captain  of  the  first 
military  company  organized  in 
Newbury.  Subsequently  Colonel 
of  the  Regiment  of  Provincial 
Militia.  Judge  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  1772.  Served 
with  distinction  in  the  War  of 
the  Revolution. 
Kent,  Henry  Oakes. 


KINSMAN,  QUARTERMASTER  ROBERT, 
1629-1712,  of  Ipswich,  Mass. 
Soldier  in  Captain  Nicholas  Man 
ning's  Company,  King  Philip's 
War.  Quartermaster,  1684.  Quar 
termaster  in  Captain  Thomas 
Wade's  Company,  1691.  Impris 
oned  by  Sir  Edmund  Andros  for 
his  prominent  part  in  the  refusal 
of  the  town  of  Ipswich  to  pay 
taxes  levied  without  consent  of 
the  General  Court,  1687.  Repre 
sentative  to  General  Court,  1692. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

KNOWLTON,     CAPTAIN     ABRAHAM, 

1678 ,  Ispwich,  Mass.     Served 

in  the  French  and  Indian  Wars. 
Stearns,  Ezra  Seal  lay. 

LANE,  COLONEL  JOHN,  1661-1715. 
Lieutenant  Billerica  Troop,  1693, 
King  William's  War.  Captain  of 
same,  1699.  Major  of  the  West 
Regiment  of  Horse  and  Foot, 
1711,  Queen  Anne's  War.  Deputy 
to  the  General  Court,  1702.  Colo 
nel  of  Massachusetts  Militia. 
Died  in  the  service. 
Philbrook,  Frederic  Bacon. 

LITHGOW,  CAPTAIN  WILLIAM,  1715- 
1798.  In  command  of  Forts  Rich 
mond,  Western,  and  Halifax  at 
different  dates,  French  and  In 
dian  Wars. 
Willey,  William  Lithgow. 

LONGFELLOW,  NATHAN,  1690-1730, 
Hampton,  N.  H.  Member  of 
Captain  Joseph  Swett's  Hampton 
Company.  This  company  was 
engaged  against  the  Indians  at 
Saco,  1707. 
Scales,  John. 

LONGFELLOW,  ENSIGN  WILLIAM, 
1651-1690.  Ensign  in  the  New 
bury  Company  in  Sir  Wm.  Phipp's 
expedition  against  Quebec,  and 
in  returning  was  shipwrecked  and 
drowned  on  coast  of  Antecosta, 
October  31,  1690. 
Scales,  John. 


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SOCIETY  OF  COLONIAL    WARS. 


MANN,  RICHARD,  1652 ,  Plymouth, 

Mass.,  and  Lebanon,  Conn.     Sol 
dier  in  King  Philips'  War.      Re 
ceived  grant  of  land  for  services 
at  Narragansett  Swamp  fight. 
Kent,  Henry  Oakes. 

MARSH,  COLONEL  EBENEZER,  Litch 
field,  Conn.,  1701-1773.  Ensign 
in  Litchfield  train-band,  1738. 
Commissioned  Major  Thirteenth 
Connecticut  Regiment,  October, 
1741.  Lieutenant-Colonel  Thir 
teenth  Connecticut,  October,  1754. 
Colonel  Thirteenth  Connecticut, 
May,  1757 ;  resigned  October, 
1771.  Representative  to  General 
Assembly  Forty-eight  sessions. 
Judge  Litchfield  County  Court. 
Judge  of  Probate. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lalhrop. 

MARSH,  CAPTAIN  JOHN,  1668-1744. 
Lieutenant,  Hartford  Conn.,  Mili 
tia,  commissioned  May  17,  1717. 
Captain,  Litchfield  Militia,  com 
missioned  May,  1722.  Com 
manded  an  expedition  against 
the  Indians,  1726.  Representa 
tive  to  Connecticut  General  As 
sembly  for  forty  sessions. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

MCCLARY,  CAPTAIN  JOHN,  1719- 
1801,  Epsom.  Soldier  in  Captain 
Joseph  Thomas's  Company  of 
Scouts  at  the  relief  of  Epsom, 
N.  H.,  1747,  under  orders  from 
Governor  Benning  Wentworth. 
Subsequently  Captain  of  New 
Hampshire  Provincial  Militia. 

Bangs,  Charles  Me  Clary. 

Bangs,  Frederick  Lincoln. 

MORTON,  NATHANIEL.  Secretary  of 
the  Colony  of  Plymouth,  1645- 
1685.  Member  of  Council  of 
War,  1671,  that  deliberated  upon 
the  Awashonk  uprising. 
Evans,  George  Frederic. 

NOBLE,  COLONEL  ARTHUR, 1747. 

Commissioned,  February  5,  1745, 
Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Second 
Massachusetts  Regiment.  Served 


at  the  siege  of  Louisburg,  1745. 
Commissioned  Colonel,  by  Gov 
ernor  Shirley,  on  his  return. 
Killed  January  31,  at  the  Battle 
of  Minas,  Grand  Pre,  Nova  Scotia, 
by  a  musket  ball  which  entered 
his  forehead,  while  leading  a  de 
tachment  of  five  hundred  men. 
His  eldest  son,  Lieutenant  James 
Noble,  died  of  fever  at  Louis- 
burg,  1746,  aged  18.  His  brother, 
Francis  Noble,  was  also  killed  at 
the  Battle  of  Minas. 
Willey,  William  Lithgow. 

OLMSTED,  RICHARD,  1607 ,  Hart 
ford,  Conn.,  Sergeant,  1635.  Lieu 
tenant,  1659.  Deputy,  1 66 "J,  et 
seq.  Commissioner  for  Norwalk, 
1668.  Muster  master,  1673.  Cap 
tain,  1680. 
Olmsted,  William  Adams. 

PARSONS,  LIEUTENANT  BENJAMIN, 
1723-1777.  Private  in  Captain 
William  Williams's  Company,  at 
siege  of  Louisburg,  1745.  Gar 
risoned  at  Fort  Massachusetts, 
1747-1748,  and  afterwards  in 
French  and  Indian  War,  pro 
moted  to  a  Lieutenantcy. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

PARSONS,  CAPTAIN  EBENEZER,  1675- 
1 744.  Ensign  Northampton 
Massachusetts  Company,  as  early 
as  1723,  and  later  Captain  of  the 
same. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

PARSONS,  CAPTAIN  JOSEPH,  1647- 
1727.  Served  in  King  Philip's 
War.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest 
lawyers  in  Western  Massachu 
setts.  Several  years  Justice  of 
the  Peace  at  Northampton,  and 
twenty-three  years  Judge  of  the 
Hampton  County  Courts.  From 
1693  ne  was  a  Deputy  to  the  Gen 
eral  Court  fourteen  years,  twelve 
from  Northampton,  and  two  from 
Springfield,  Mass. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

PARSONS,  CORNET  JOSEPH,  1618-1683. 
Member  Captain  John  Pynchon  s 


INDEX  OF  ANCESTORS  AND   DESCENDANTS. 


Hampshire  County  Troop,  King 
Philip's  War,  1672-1678.  Ap 
pointed  Cornet  Hampshire  Troop, 
October  7,  1678.  Member  of  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company,  1679.  Served  in  the 
early  French  and  Indian  Wars, 
Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay. 
He  was  a  partner  with  William 
Pynchon  in  the  fur  trade  of  the 
Connecticut  valley  and  was  the 
chief  founder  of  Northampton, 
Mass. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

PEABODY,     LIEUTENANT      FRANCIS, 
1614-1697,      Hampton,      N.      H. 
Lieutenant  in   the   Militia,  Tops- 
field,  Mass.,  1668. 
Kent,  Henry  Oakes. 

PEPPERRELL,  LIEUTENANT-COLONEL 
WILLIAM,  1654-1754,  Kittery, 
Me.  Captain  of  the  company  of 
Provincial  Militia,  1714.  Com 
mandant  of  his  Majesty's  Fort  at 
Kittery  Point,  1714.  Subsequenlty 
Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Pro 
vincial  Militia  of  York  county, 
Me.  Justice  of  the  Court  of 
Common  Pleas,  1715-1730.  Dep 
uty  to  the  General  Court  of 
Massachusetts,  1696,  et  seq. 
Father  of  Sir  William  Pepper- 
rell,  Bart. 

Frisbie,  Franklin  Senter. 

Higgins,  George. 

Deer  ing,  John  Wentworth. 

PLANT,  JOHN.  Soldier  in  King 
Philip's  War.  Was  one  of  the 
English  Volunteers  to  whom  the 
Connecticut  General  Court 
awarded  a  plantation  on  petition 
of  Lieutenant  Thomas  Leffingwell. 

Plant,  Henry  Bradley. 

Plant,  Morton  Freeman. 

PIERCE,  SERGEANT  THOMAS,  1608- 
1683,  Woburn,  Mass.  Deputy, 
1668.  Sergeant,  1669-82.  Corpo 
ral  1683.  Captain,  1669-73.  Troop 
er  in  King  Philip's  War. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 

Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 


POTE,    GAMALIEL,    1721-1790,     Fal- 
mouth,  Me.     Soldier  in   Captain 
Moses  Pearson's  Company,  Louis- 
burg  Expedition. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

PRESCOTT,  JOHN,  1604-1681.  Served 
in  Garrison  at  Lancaster,  and  in 
defense  of  the  town  against  In 
dians,  August  22,  1675,  an<*  Feb 
ruary  10,  1676. 

Cutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 

Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

PRESCOTT,  CAPTAIN  JONAS,  1648- 
1723.  Captain  of  the  Groton 
Company  in  King  William's  War, 
1689.  Deputy,  1699,  1701-1705, 
Colony  of  Massachusetts. 
Gutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

POWERS,  CAPTAIN  PETER, 1757. 

Captain  of  the  Third  Company  in 
Colonel  Joseph  Blanchard's  Reg 
iment  in  the  Crown  Point  Expe 
dition,  1755. 
Cutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

POWERS,  STEPHEN,  1729 .  Pri 
vate  in  Captain  Peter  Powers's 
Company  in  Colonel  Joseph 
Blanchard's  Regiment  in  the 
Crown  Point  Expedition,  1755. 
Cutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

RIGGS,  THOMAS,  1632-1722,  Glouces 
ter,  Mass.  Town  clerk  fifty-one 
years.  Selectman  twenty  years. 
Representative  to  General  Court 
of  Massachusetts  from  Glouces 
ter,  1700. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

ROOT,  THOMAS,  1605-1695.  One  of 
the  thirty-seven  soldiers  from 
Hartford  that  served  in  the  Pe- 
quot  War.  1637,  served  under 
Captain  John  Mason. 
Kent,  Henry  Oakes. 

RUST,  QUARTERMASTER  NATHANIEL, 
1639-1713.      Quartermaster,     Ex 
pedition  to  Canada,  1690.    Deputy 
to  the  General  Court,  1690-91. 
Foster,  Joseph. 


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SAWYER,  SERGEANT  CALEB,  1737- 
1815.  Soldier  in  Colonel  Wild- 
er's  Regiment  against  Crown 
Point,  1755.  Sergeant  in  Captain 
Thomas  Wilder's  Company,  1757. 
Sergeant  of  Captain  Josiah  Whit 
ney's  Company  of  Howard,  Mass., 
1774- 

Cutter,  Henry  Arthur. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 

Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

SAWYER,  CALEB,  1659-1755.  Served 
in  Garrison  at  Lancaster,  Mass., 
1704. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 
Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

SAWYER,  THOMAS,  1616-1706.  Served 
in  Garrison  at  Lancaster  in  King 
Philip's  War  in  the  defense  of  the 
town  against  the  Indians,  1675-6. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 
Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

SPALDING,  JOHN,  1633-1721,  Chelms- 
ford.  Mass.    Served,  1676,  in  King 
Philip's  War  under  Captain  Nich 
olas  Manning. 
Foster,  Joseph. 

SPRING,  LIEUTENANT  JOHN,  1630- 
1717,  Newtown.  Lieutenant  in 
the  Massachusetts  Provincial  Mili 
tia.  Deputy  to  the  General  Court, 
1704-07. 
Jackson,  Henry  S. 

STARBUCK,  EDWARD,  Dover,  N.  H., 
and  Nantucket,  Mass.  First  Rep 
resentative  from  Dover,  1643. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 

Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

STOCKBRIDGE,  ABRAHAM,  1694-1746, 
Stratham,  N.  H.     Soldier  in  Cap 
tain  John  Light's  Company,  Louis- 
burg  Expedition. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

STONE,  EBENEZER,  1662-1754,  New 
ton,  Mass.  Deputy  to  the  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts  from  1708 
to  1717.  Subsequently  Royal 


Councillor    of    the     Province    of 
Massachusetts. 
Jackson,  Henry  Steadman. 

STOWE,  REVEREND    SAMUEL,    1602- 
1663,    Hartford,  Ct.     Chaplain  in 
the    Pequot   War   under   Captain 
John  Mason. 
Kent,  Henry  Oakes. 

SWAN,  RICHARD,   of    Rowley,  Mass. 
Served  in  King  Philip's  War  and 
Expedition   to   Canada.      Deputy 
to  the  General  Court,  1666,  '77. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

SWAN,  ROBERT,  1628-1698,  Haverhill, 
Mass.  Soldier  at  Great  Swamp 
Fight,  King  Philip's  War,  Lieu 
tenant  Benjamin  Swett's  Com 
pany. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

THORNE,  QUARTERMASTER  JOHN, 
Kingston,  N.  H.  Was  in  Cap 
tain  Marston's  Company,  of  Exe 
ter,  Colonel  John  Goff,  and  served 
in  the  Expedition  to  Crown  Point. 
Enrolled  September  30,  1762. 
Thorne,  John  Calvin. 

TILTON,  DANIEL,  Hampton,  N.  H. 
1646-1715.  Representative  to 
General  Assembly  of  New  Hamp 
shire  from  Hampton,  1693,  1695, 
1702,  1709-14.  Speaker  of  the 
Assembly,  1702.  In  charge  of 
Garrison  House  at  Hampton,  and 
called  "  Ensign "  on  Hampton 
Records. 

Busiel,  Charles  Albert. 
Tilton,  George  Henry. 

TIDD,   JOHN.      Sergeant   in    Woburn, 
Mass.,  militia,  and  earliest  settler. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

TREAT,  CAPTAIN  JOSEPH,  1662-1721, 
Milford,  Conn.  Captain  of  Mil- 
ford  train-band,  1708.  Previously 
Sergeant,  Ensign,  and  Lieutenant, 
same  Company.  Deputy  to 
General  Assembly  from  Milford, 
1707-08.  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
New  Haven  county,  1702-19. 
Treat,  John  Sheldon. 


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INDEX  OF  ANCESTORS  AND   DESCENDANTS. 


TREAT,  GOVERNOR  ROBERT,  1624- 
1710.  Lieutenant  of  train-band, 
1654.  Captain,  1661.  Commis 
sioned  as  Major,  1673.  Command 
er-in-chief  of  Connecticut  Forces, 
1673.  Commander-in-chief  of  Con 
necticut  Forces  in  King  Philip's 
War.  Colonel  of  New  Haven 
Militia,  1687.  Commander  at 
Great  Swamp  Fight.  Major  com 
manding  Connecticut  troops  at 
the  Battles  of  Hadley  and  Spring 
field.  Deputy-Governor,  1676- 
86.  Appointed  Governor,  1686. 
Resigned,  1701.  In  the  encounter 
with  the  Indians  at  Bloody  Brook, 
September  18,  1675,  n's  arrival  on 
the  scene  of  action  with  the  Con 
necticut  Forces  turned  the  tide. 

Treat,  John  Sheldon. 

TROWBRIDGE,  LIEUTENANT  JAMES, 
1636-1717,  Newton.  Deputy  to 
the  General  Court  from  Cam 
bridge,  1700  and  1703.  Served  in 
King  Philip's  War.  Colony  of 
Massachusetts  Bay. 

Jackson,  Henry  Stead-man. 

TRUE,  CAPTAIN  HENRY,  1645-1735, 
Salisbury,  Mass.  Captain  of  Salis 
bury  Company,  1696  to  1722. 
Representative  to  General  Court 
from  Salisbury,  1689,  1695. 

Scales,  John. 

VAUGHN,  MAJOR  WILLIAM,  1640- 
1719.  Lieutenant  of  Horse,  1672. 
Captain,  1680.  A  Royal  Coun 
cillor  in  Charter  granted  Sep 
tember  18,  1679,  constituting  New 
Hampshire  a  separate  province. 
Councillor,  1690-98.  President 
of  the  Council,  1706-15. 

Jameson,  Winfield  Scott. 

WALCOTT,    LIEUTENANT   JOHN 

1738.  Soldier  in  King  Philip's 
war.  Enlisted  Feb.  29,  1675,  in 
Captain  Prentice's  Company. 
Also  served  as  a  trooper  under 
Captain  Appleton. 

Walcott,  Nathaniel  Adams. 


WALCOTT,    CAPTAIN    JONATHAN, 
1645-1699,  Salem,  Mass.     Soldier 
in    Prentice's  73  Troopers,  King 
Philip's  War. 
Walcott,  Nathaniel  Adams. 

WALDRON  (WALDERNE)  MAJOR 
RICHARD,  1615-1689,  Dover,  N. 
H.  Captain,  1652  ;  Major,  1674  ; 
Commander-in-chief  of  the  East 
ern  Expedition  against  the  Penob- 
scot  and  Kennebec  Indians,  1676, 
King  Philip's  War.  Commander 
Provincial  Forces  of  New  Hamp 
shire,  1679  and  1689.  Depu 
ty,  1654-79.  Speaker  of  the 
House,  General  Court  of  Massa 
chusetts,  1666-79.  Royal  Coun 
cillor  and  Deputy-Governor,  1680; 
Governor,  de  facto,  1681.  Justice 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas, 
1659-82.  Member  of  His  Majes 
ty's  Council  under  Lieutenant- 
Governor  Cranfield,  1682.  Chief 
Justice  of  the  Superior  Court, 
1683.  Massacred  by  the  Indians 
at  Cocheco  (Dover)  June  27, 
1689. 
Frisbie,  Franklin  Senter. 

WASHBURN(E),  JOHN,  1621 ,  Dux- 

boro',  Plymouth  Colony.     Soldier 
in   the   Narragansett   War,  under 
Captain  Church. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

WEBSTER,  GOVERNOR  JOHN,  1590- 
1661.  An  original  settler  of 
Hartford,  and  a  founder  of  the 
Colony  of  Connecticut.  Deputy, 
1637.  Commissioner  to  United 
Colonies,  1654.  Assistant,  Hart 
ford,  1639-55.  Deputy  Governor, 
1655.  Governor,  1656.  First 
Magistrate,  1657-59.  Judge  of 
the  Court,  Hadley,  Mass.,  1660. 
Parsons,  Charles  Lathrop. 

WHIFFLE,  CAPTAIN  JOHN,  1626-1683. 
Cornet  in  Captain  John  Apple- 
ton's  Troop,  1668.  Lieutenant  of 
Captain  Nicholas  Paige's  Com 
pany  in  the  first  or  Mount  Hope 
Campaign,  King  Philip's  War, 
1675.  Captain  of  Ipswich,  Mass., 


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Troop   in   1676.     Deputy  to  Gen 
eral  Court,  1674,  et  seq. 
Philbrook,  Frederic  Bacon. 

WHITMORE,     FRANCIS,      1625-1685, 
Cambridge,    Mass.      Trooper    in 
Major    Simon     Willard's     Com 
mand,  King  Philip's  War. 
Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

WILKINSON,  JOHN,  1654-1708,  Provi 
dence,    R.    I.     Soldier    in     King 
Philip's  War.     Deputy  to  Gener 
al  Assembly  1700,  1706. 
Waterman,  Lucius. 

WILLARD,  HENRY.  Commander  of 
Garrison  at  Still  River,  Lancaster, 
1692. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 
Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

WILLARD,  MAJOR  SIMON,  1605-1676. 
A  founder  of  Concord,  Mass. 
Deputy  to  the  General  Court, 
1 636-' 54.  Assistant,  i654-*76. 
Commander-in-chief  of  the  Expe 
dition  of  the  United  Colonies 
against  Ninigret,  Sachem  of  the 
Yantics,  1655.  Led  the  heroic 
relief  at  the  Battle  of  Brookfield. 
Commanded  the  Middlesex  Regi 
ment  of  Massachusetts  Troops  in 
King  Philip's  War. 
Sawyer,  William  Davis. 
Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

WILLEY,  LIEUTENANT  JOHN,  1648- 
1688.  Soldier  in  King  Philip's 
War. 

Willey,  William  Lithgow. 

WILLIAMS,  GOVERNOR  ROGER,  1599- 
1683.  Captain  of  Train  Band  at 
Providence  during  King  Philip's 
War.  Governor  of  Rhode  Island, 
1654. 

Brown,  Elisha  Rhodes. 

WILLIAMS,  REV.  STEPHEN,  D.  D. 
Chaplain  of  General  Pepperell, 
Louisburg,  1745.  Chaplain  of 
Sir  William  Johnson,  Lake  Cham- 
plain,  1755.  Chaplain  of  Gen. 


John     Winslow,     Crown     Point, 
1756. 

Williams,  Jared  Irving. 

WILSON,  JOSEPH,  1660-1710.  Ser 
geant,  Kittery,  Me. 

Gordon,  George  Augustus. 

WINSHIP,  LIEUTENANT  EDWARD, 
1613-1688.  Member  of  the 
Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery 
Company,  1638.  Ensign,  1647, 
Lieutenant,  1660,  in  the  Militia. 
Deputy  to  the  General  Court, 
Colony  of  Massachusetts  Bay, 
1663,  '64,  '8i-'86. 

Sawyer,  William  Davis. 
Sawyer,  Charles  Francis. 

WISE,  REV.  JOHN 1725.  Chap 
lain  in  the  Narragansett  Cam 
paign,  1676,  and  in  Phipp's  expe 
dition  against  Canada,  1690. 
Deputy  Massachusetts  General 
Court,  1689.  Is  said  to  have 
been  the  first  man  in  America 
ever  known  to  oppose  taxation 
without  representation. 

Jameson,  Winfield  Scott. 

WOODBURY,  ANDREW,  Manchester, 
Mass.,  1731-1808.  Soldier  in 
Col.  Ichabod  Plaisted's  Company, 
1756.  Representative  to  General 
Court  of  Massachusetts  1774. 
Delegate  to  Spanish  Convention 
1774,  Delegate  to  Provincial  Con 
gress  1774. 

Pitman,  Charles  Frank. 

WOODMAN,  CAPTAIN  JOHN.  Captain 
in  charge  of  Woodman's  Garri 
son,  Durham,  N.  H.  Captain  be 
fore  1690,  but  his  commission  was 
renewed  in  that  year  by  Governor 
Phipps.  Successfully  defended 
his  Garrison  at  the  time  of  the 
Oyster  River  Massacre,  and  al 
though  he  sustained  several  other 
attacks  his  Garrison  was  never 
captured. 

Scales,  John. 


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INDEX  OF  ANCESTORS  AND  DESCENDANTS. 

WYMAN,  LIEUTENANT  JOHN,   1621-  her   21,   1675;  Lieutenant  in  the 

1684,  Charlestown   and   Woburn,  Narragansett  Fight,  December  19, 

Mass.,  1640.    Cornet  in   Captain  1675,  an(i  m  tne   latter  received  a 

Thomas  Prentiss's   Troop,  in  the  wound  in  the  face. 

Mount   Hope  Campaign,  Septem-  Stearns,  Ezra  Scollay. 


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